The Skye Boat Song chords by Ella Roberts

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
N.C.
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
N.C.
Onward the sailors cry
N.C.
Carry the lad that's born to be king
N.C.
Over the sea to Skye


Interlude:
FF

Verse 1:
DmDm
Loud the wind howls
G minorGm
Loud the waves roar
Bb majorBb          DmDm  C majorC
Thunderclaps rend the air
G minorGm
Baffled our foes
DmDm
Stand by the shore
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Follow they will not dare


Chorus:
FF            C majorC
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
DmDm     Bb majorBb   FF  C majorC
Onward the sailors cry
FF          C majorC
Carry the lad that's born to be king
DmDm    Bb majorBb   C majorC
Over the sea to Skye


Verse 2:
DmDm       G minorGm
Many's the lad fought on that day
Bb majorBb          DmDm   C majorC
Well the claymore did wield
G minorGm
When the night came
DmDm
Silently lain
Bb majorBb        C majorC
Dead on Culloden field

Chorus:
FF            C majorC
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
DmDm     Bb majorBb   FF  C majorC
Onward the sailors cry
FF          C majorC
Carry the lad that's born to be king
DmDm    Bb majorBb   C majorC
Over the sea to Skye


Instrumental:
FF    C majorC
DmDm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
FF    C majorC
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC


Verse 3:
DmDm
Though the waves heave
G minorGm
Soft will ye sleep
Bb majorBb       DmDm  C majorC
Ocean's a royal bed
G minorGm
Rocked in the deep
DmDm
Flora will keep
Bb majorBb         C majorC
Watch by your weary head


Outro:
FF            C majorC
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
DmDm     Bb majorBb   FF  C majorC
Onward the sailors cry
DmDm          Bb majorBb
Carry the lad that's born to be king
G minorGm    C majorC   FF
Over the sea to Skye