Skye Boat Song Chords
Skye Boat Song by John McDermott is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, Dm, Gm and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F (trad Bb)
verse:
Dm Dm Gm Gm
Dm Bb Bb Bb
Dm Dm Gm Gm
Dm Bb Gm C
F Dm C C
F Bb F C
F Dm C C
F Bb F F
Chorus:
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunder clouds rend the air;
Baffled our foe's stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare
Chorus:
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head
Chorus:
Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field
Chorus:
Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath,
Charlie will come again.
Chorus: