Skye Boat Song Ukulele chords by Traditional
Guitar chords with lyrics
- 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:
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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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