Mingulay Boat Song chords by Gaelic Storm

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:
G+G    C majorC
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G+G          FF
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G+G    C majorC
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 1:
G+G     C majorC      G+G     C majorC
What care we how, white the Minch is?
     G+G    G+G    FF
What care we for wind or weather?
G+G    C majorC     G+G   C majorC
When we know that every inch is
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.

Chorus:
G+G    C majorC
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G+G          FF
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G+G    C majorC
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 2:
 G+G    C majorC    G+G    C majorC
When the wind is wild and wailing,
     G+G        FF
And the waves mount ever higher
G+G    C majorC      G+G  C majorC
Anxious sighs turn, ever seaward
      G+G      FF  C majorC
To see us home boys to Mingulay


Chorus:
G+G    C majorC
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G+G          FF
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G+G    C majorC
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

Verse 3:
   G+G     C majorC
And wives are waiting, by the pier head,
      G+G         FF
Or looking seaward, from o'er heather;
G+G     C majorC      G+G      C majorC
Pull her round, boys, then you'll anchor
     G+G      FF  C majorC
‘Ere the sun sets on Mingulay.


Chorus:
G+G    C majorC
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G+G          FF
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G+G    C majorC
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Chorus:
G+G    C majorC
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G+G          FF
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G+G    C majorC
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G+G      FF  C majorC
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 3:
 G+G    C majorC
Ships return now, heavy laden
     G+G          FF
Mothers holdin' the bairns a-cryin'
 G+G     C majorC     G+G    C majorC
They'll return, yet, when the sun sets
      G+G      FF  C majorC
They'll return back to Mingulay.