The Skye Boat Song – John McDermott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFq3womve10 (Original in key of B) Intro: Am F Am G7, Em C Am C G7 Chorus C Am Dm7 G7 Em C Am C G7 Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing, onward, the sailors cry. C Am Dm7 G7 C F C Carry the lad that`s born to be King, over the sea to Skye. V 1 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. Chorus C Am Dm7 G7 Em C Am C G7 Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing, onward, the sailors cry. C Am Dm7 G7 C F C Carry the lad that`s born to be King, over the sea to Skye. V 2 Am Dm Am F Am Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield. Am Dm Am F Am G#7 When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field. Chorus (+ 1 Semitone) C# A#m D#m7 G#7 Fm C# A#m C# G#7 Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing, onward, the sailors cry. C# A#m D#m7 G#7 C# F# C# Carry the lad that`s born to be King, over the sea to Skye. V 3 A#m D#m A#m F# A#m Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men. A#m D#m A#m F# A#m G#7 Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again. Chorus C# A#m D#m7 G#7 Fm C# A#m C# G#7 Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing, onward, the sailors cry. C# A#m D#m7 G#7 C# F# C# Carry the lad that`s born to be King, over the sea to Skye. (Slowing) Outro: C# F# C#
