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Skye Boat Song

artist:The Corries

, writer:Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, to an air collected in the 1870s by Anne Campbelle MacLeod (1855–1921)



   Chords:
 {t: Skye Boat Song }  
{key: G}  
{artist:The Corries}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1CTxa-FuKc   (But in Eb)   
{c: } 
[G] Speed bonnie [Em] boat like a [D] bird on the wing   
[G] Onward the [Am] sailors [G] cry.    
[G] Carry the [Em] bairn that's [D] born to be king   
[G] Over the [Am] sea to [G] Skye   
{c: } 
[Em] Loud the wind howls, [Am] loud the waves roar   
[Em] Thunderclaps [C] rend the [Em] air   
[Em] Baffled, our foes [Am] stand by the shore   
[Em] Follow they [Am7] will not [Em] dare [D7]   
{c: } 
[G] Speed bonnie [Em] boat like a [D] bird on the wing   
[G] Onward the [Am] sailors [G] cry.    
[G] Carry the [Em] bairn that's [D] born to be king   
[G] Over the [Am] sea to [G] Skye      
{c: } 
[Em] Though the waves heave, [Am] soft shall ye sleep   
[Em] Ocean's a [C] royal [Em] bed   
[Em] Rocked in the deep, [Am]  Flora will keep   
[Em] Watch by your [Am7] weary [Em] head [D7]   
{c: } 
[G] Speed bonnie [Em] boat like a [D] bird on the wing   
[G] Onward the [Am] sailors [G] cry.    
[G] Carry the [Em] bairn that's [D] born to be king   
[G] Over the [Am] sea to [G] Skye      
{c: } 
[Em] Many's the bairn [Am] fought on that day   
[Em] Well the clay[C]more could  [Em] wield   
[Em] When the night came,  [Am] silently lain   
[Em] Dead on Coll[Am7]oden [Em] field [D7]   
{c: } 
[G] Speed bonnie [Em] boat like a [D] bird on the wing   
[G] Onward the [Am] sailors [G] cry.    
[G] Carry the [Em] bairn that's [D] born to be king   
[G] Over the [Am] sea to [G] Skye      
{c: } 
[Em] Burned are their homes, [Am] exile and death   
[Em] Scatter the [C] loyal [Em] men   
[Em] Yet e’er the sword [Am] cool in the sheath   
[Em] Charlie will [Am7] come [Em] again [D7]   
{c: } 
[G] Speed bonnie [Em] boat like a [D] bird on the wing   
[G] Onward the [Am] sailors [G] cry.    
[G] Carry the [Em] bairn that's [D] born to be king   
[G] Over the [Am] sea to [G] Skye     				




Note: Standard GCEA Usual Ukulele Tuning.

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