Skye Boat Song chords

Barbara Dickson

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C Am/E         Dm7         G7    
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing 
C             F       C    G7    
"onward!" the sail ors cry    
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C    
Carry the lad that`s born to be king over the sea to skye 

Verse one 
Am                   Dm                   Am           F        Am 
Loud the wind show l, loud the wav esroar, thunder claps rend theair    
Am               Dm                  Am          F        Am    G7    
Baff led our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare    
C Am/E         Dm7         G7    
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing 
C             F       C    G7    
"onward!" the sail ors cry    
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C    
Carry the lad that`s born to be king over the sea to skye 

Verse two 
Am                      Dm                   Am        F     Am 
Through the wave sleap, soft shall Yes leep, ocean`s a Royal bed    
Am                  Dm              Am            F     Am     G7    
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head        
C Am/E         Dm7         G7    
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing 
C             F       C    G7    
"onward!" the sail ors cry    
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C    
Carry the lad that`s born to be king over the sea to skye 

Verse three     
Am              Dm                  Am           F          Am 
Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the clay more could wield    
Am                   Dm            Am          F       Am     G7    
When the night came, silent ly lay, dead on Cull oden`s field    
C Am/E         Dm7         G7    
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing 
C             F       C    G7    
"onward!" the sail ors cry    
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C    
Carry the lad that`s born to be king over the sea to skye 

Verse four 
Am                    Dm               Am          F     Am 
Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men    
Am                   Dm                  Am           F      Am   G7    
Yet, o`er thes word, cool in thes heath, Charlie will come again.    
C Am/E         Dm7         G7    
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing 
C             F       C    G7    
"onward!" the sail ors cry    
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C    
Carry the lad that`s born to be king over the sea to skye