Guitar tabs with lyrics
Skye Boat Song Traditional Scottish Song
Transcribed by K Woodgate
Easy melody Version
Chorus:
6/8 
C majorC 
A minorAm 
G+G C majorC 
FF C majorC
G7G7
e|--------------------------|-----0------3---|-0---------0-------------|-----
BB|--------------1-----1---1-|-3------3-------|------3------------------|-----
G+G|-0----2---0---------------|----------------|---------------2------2--|-0---
D MajorD|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
A augmentedA|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
E MajorE|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
Speed bon-nie boat, like a bird on the wing. ...
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC FF C majorC
e|--------------------------|-----0------3---|-0---------0-------------|-----
BB|--------------1-----1---1-|-3------3-------|------3------------------|-----
G+G|-0----2---0---------------|----------------|---------------2------2--|-0---
D MajorD|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
A augmentedA|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
E MajorE|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
Car-ry the lad that is born to ...
Verse:
A minorAm 
DmDm A minorAm
e|-0--------0-----0--|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
BB|------1------------|--3--------3-----3---|-1----------1-----1---1--|-------
G+G|-------------------|-------2-------------|--------2----------------|-2-----
D MajorD|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
A augmentedA|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
1 Loud the winds howl, Loud the waves roar, ...
2 Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ...
3 Many's the lad fought on that day, ...
4 Burned are our homes, exile and death ...
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm G7G7
e|-0--------0-----0--|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
BB|------1------------|--3--------3-----3---|-1----------1-----1---1--|------|
G+G|-------------------|-------2-------------|--------2----------------|-2--0-|
D MajorD|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
1 Baf - fled our foes stand on the shore, ...
2 Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep ...
3 When the night came, silently lay Dead ...
4 Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath, ...
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