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
Thunderclaps rend the air
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore
Follow they will not dare
Speed bonnie boat...
Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field
Speed bonnie boat...
Though the waves leap, soft shall he sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head
Speed bonnie boat...
Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scattered the loyal men
Yet e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again
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
Guitar chords for Skye Boat Song
A F#m Bm E
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
A D A
Onward the sailors cry
F#m Bm E
Carry the lad that's born to be king
A D A
Over the sea to Skye
F#m Bm
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
F#m D F#m
Thunderclaps rend the air
Bm
Baffled our foes stand by the shore
F#m D F#m,—E7.
Follow they will not dare