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Skye Boat Song Ukulele chords by Traditional

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  • Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
F      Bb    F  C
Onward' the sailors cry
F     Dm     Gm     C
Carry the lad that's born to be king
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye


🎸 Verse 1:

Dm          Gm
Loud the winds howl loud the waves roar
Dm     Bb    Dm
Thunderclaps rend the air
Dm        Gm
Baffled our foes stand by the shore
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
follow they will not dare
🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
F      Bb    F  C
Onward' the sailors cry
F     Dm     Gm     C
Carry the lad that's born to be king
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye


🎸 Verse 2:

Dm          Gm
Many's the lad, fought on that day
Dm     Bb    Dm
Well the claymore did wield;
Dm          Gm
When the night came, silently lay
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
Dead on Culloden's field.
🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
F      Bb    F  C
Onward' the sailors cry
F     Dm     Gm     C
Carry the lad that's born to be king
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye


🎸 Verse 3:

Dm          Gm
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
Dm     Bb    Dm
Ocean's a royal bed.
Dm          Gm
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
Watch by your weary head.


🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
F      Bb    F  C
Onward' the sailors cry
F     Dm     Gm     C
Carry the lad that's born to be king
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye


🎸 Verse 4:

Dm          Gm
Burned are their homes, exile and death
Dm     Bb    Dm
Scatter the loyal men;
Dm          Gm
Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
Charlie will come again.


Alt 🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
F      Bb    F  C
Say, could that lad be I?
F     Dm     Gm     C
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye.


🎸 Verse 5:

Dm          Gm
Mull was astern, Rum on the port,
Dm     Bb    Dm
Eigg on the starboard bow;
Dm          Gm
Glory of youth glowed in his soul;
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
Where is that glory now?


Alt 🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
F      Bb    F  C
Say, could that lad be I?
F     Dm     Gm     C
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye.


🎸 Verse 6:

Dm          Gm
Give me again all that was there,
Dm     Bb    Dm
Give me the sun that shone!
Dm          Gm
Give me the eyes, give me the soul,
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
Give me the lad that's gone!


Alt 🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
F      Bb    F  C
Say, could that lad be I?
F     Dm     Gm     C
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye.


🎸 Verse 7:

Dm          Gm
Billow and breeze, islands and seas,
Dm     Bb    Dm
Mountains of rain and sun,
Dm          Gm
All that was good, all that was fair,
Dm     Bb    Dm   C
All that was me is gone.


Alt 🎸 Chorus:

F      Dm      Gm     C
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
F      Bb    F  C
Say, could that lad be I?
F     Dm     Gm     C
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
F     Bb    F
Over the sea to Skye.

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