Chords with lyrics
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.