Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: D
Tuning: E A D G B E
Chorus:
D
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
D
Say, could that lass be I?
D G
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
D G D
Over the sea to Skye
A
Verse 1:
G D A
Footprints of sand following those
G D Bm D
Who walked and wondered and sighed
G D A
Step by step, I go where they lead
G Bm G A
And hold my heart open wide
Chorus:
D Bm A F#m
I hear them sing me a song of a lass that is gone
D G D
Say, could that lass be I?
D Bm A F#m
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
D Em D
Over the sea to Skye
Verse 2:
G D
Just once, I look back
Em Dm
A wave breaks the sand
G D Bm A
And past and present collidе
G D
Who I thought I knew
A Dm
Thought she knew mе too
G Bm Em A
She was washed away with the tide
Chorus:
D Bm A F#m
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
D G D
Say, could that lass be I?
D Bm A F#m
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
D G D A
Over the sea to Skye
Bridge:
Bm Em
Billow and breeze, islands and seas
G Bm A
Mountains of rain and sun
Bm Em
All that was good, all that was fair
G Bm A
All that was me is gone
Verse 3:
G D A
Left in its place, a feeling of freedom
G D Bm A
A knowing that could not fail
G D
If you ask who I am
A
I couldn't say
G F# A
But I could tell you a tale
Outro:
D
I'd sing you a song of a lass that is gone
D
Say, could that lass be I?
Song History
Published: April 10, 2026
Last Updated: April 10, 2026