Skye Boat Song

Artist: Folk & Traditional (English)
User: William Barnes
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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[Chorus:]
 C             Am           Dm          G 
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
 C            F      C      G 
Onward! the sailors cry;
 C         Am         Dm         G 
Carry the lad that's born to be King
 C        F      C     G 
Over the sea to Skye.

 Am                   Dm 
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
 Am           F         Am//| Am// 
Thunderclaps rend the air;
 Am                Am 
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
 Am          F        Am     G 
Follow they will not dare.

[Chorus]

 Am              Dm 
Many’s the lad, fought in that day
 Am       F             Am//| Am// 
Well the claymore did wield;
 Am                  Am 
When the night came, silently lay
 Am      F         Am    G   
Dead on Cullodens field.

[Chorus]

 Am                    Dm 
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
 Am        F      Am//| Am// 
Ocean's a royal bed.
 Am                  Dm 
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
 Am            F      Am   G 
Watch by your weary head.

[Chorus]

 Am                      Dm 
Burned are their homes, exile and death
 Am          F      Am//| Am// 
Scatter the loyal men;
 Am                Am 
Yet ere the sword, cool in the sheath
 Am           F      Am   G 
Charlie will come again

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