The Sky Boat Song

	  		

(Original in key of B) 

Intro:          Am          F        Am    G7, Em C          Am      C    G7 


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.     

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. 

(+ 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. 

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#