Skye Boat Song

{title: Skye Boat Song}
{subtitle: Traditional}
{key: F}
{comment: Scottish Jacobite song - Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape after Culloden 1746}

{ci: Intro}
{comment: Music only - first two lines are placeholders}
[F]Speed bonnie [Dm]boat like a [Gm7]bird on the [C7]wing
[F]"Onward!" the [Bb]sailors [F]cry [F]

{ci: Chorus}
[F]Speed bonnie [Dm]boat like a [Gm7]bird on the [C7]wing
[F]"Onward!" the [Bb]sailors [F]cry [C7]
[F]Carry the [Dm]lad that's [Gm7]born to be [C7]King
[F]Over the [Bb]sea to [F]Skye

{ci: Verse 1}
[Dm]Loud the winds howl [Gm]loud the waves roar
[Dm]Thunderclaps [Bb]rend the [Dm]air
[Dm]Baffled our foes [Gm]stand by the shore
[Dm]Follow they [Bb]will not [Dm]dare [C7]

{ci: Chorus}

{ci: Verse 2}
[Dm]Through the waves leap [Gm]soft shall ye sleep
[Dm]Ocean's a [Bb]royal [Dm]bed
[Dm]Rocked in the deep [Gm]Flora will keep
[Dm]Watch by your [Bb]weary [Dm]head [C7]

{ci: Chorus}

{ci: Verse 3}
[Dm]Many's the lad [Gm]fought on that day
[Dm]Well the [Bb]claymore could [Dm]wield
[Dm]When the night came [Gm]silently lay
[Dm]Dead on [Bb]Culloden's [Dm]field [C7]

{ci: Chorus}

{ci: Verse 4}
[Dm]Burned are our homes [Gm]exile and death
[Dm]Scatter the [Bb]loyal [Dm]men
[Dm]Yet o'er the sword [Gm]cool in the sheath
[Dm]Charlie will [Bb]come [Dm]again [C7]

{ci: Chorus}