Skye Boat Song

Lyrics and Chords
G            Em           Am          D7 Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, G            C       G     D7 '''"Onward!" the sailors cry.''' G        Em         Am         D7 Carry the lad that's born to be King G       C      G Over the sea to Skye. Em                  Am                   Em           C        Em Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, thunderclaps rend the air. Em              Am                  Em          C    Em  D7 Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare. [Chorus] Em                    Am                   Em        C     Em Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean`s a royal bed. Em                 Am              Em            C     Em    D7 Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head. [Chorus] Em             Am                  Em           C          Em Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield. Em                  Am            Em           C     Em     D7 When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field. [Chorus] Em                   Am               Em          C     Em Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men. Em                  Am                  Em           C     Em    D7 Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again. [Chorus] [H/T Alan Abramowitz]