Skye Boat Song Ukulele chords by Traditional

• 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.