THE SKYE BOAT SONG

Standard Tuning 

Chorus
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
over the sea to Skye.

Verse 1
Am                   Dm                   Am           F        Am
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, thunderclaps rend the air.
Am               Dm                  Am          F        Am    G7
Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare.

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2
Am                      Dm                   Am        F     Am
Through the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean`s a royal bed.
Am                  Dm              Am            F     Am     G7
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head.    
        
Repeat Chorus

Verse 3?
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Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield.
Am???????????????????Dm????????????Am??????????F???????Am?????G7
When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field.
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Verse 4
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Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men.
Am???????????????????Dm??????????????????Am???????????F??????Am???G7
Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again.
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Repeat Chorus