Skye Boat Song
instrument
ukulele
mandolin
guitar
baritoneuke
key
D (-5)
Eb (-4)
E (-3)
F (-2)
Gb (-1)
G
Ab (+1)
A (+2)
Bb (+3)
B (+4)
C (+5)
Db (+6)
chord size
50
60
70
80
90
100
layout
inline
letters above
diagrams above
lyrics only
ukulele
[Am]
[C]
[D7]
[Em]
[G]
[
G
]
Speed, bonnie
[
Em
]
boat, like a
[
Am
]
bird on the
[
D7
]
wing,
[
G
]
Onward! the
[
C
]
sailors
[
D7
]
cry;
[
G
]
Carry the
[
Em
]
lad that's
[
Am
]
born to be
[
D7
]
King
[
G
]
Over the
[
C
]
sea to
[
G
]
Skye.
[
Em
]
Loud the winds howl,
[
Am
]
loud the waves roar,
[
Em
]
Thunderclouds rend the air;
Baffled, our foes
[
Am
]
stand by the shore,
[
Em
]
Follow they will not
[
D7
]
dare.
[
G
]
Speed, bonnie
[
Em
]
boat, like a
[
Am
]
bird on the
[
D7
]
wing,
[
G
]
Onward! the
[
C
]
sailors
[
D7
]
cry;
[
G
]
Carry the
[
Em
]
lad that's
[
Am
]
born to be
[
D7
]
King
[
G
]
Over the
[
C
]
sea to
[
G
]
Skye.
[
Em
]
Though the waves leap,
[
Am
]
soft shall ye sleep,
[
Em
]
Ocean's a royal bed.
Rocked in the deep,
[
Am
]
Flora will keep
[
Em
]
Watch by your weary
[
D7
]
head.
[
G
]
Speed, bonnie
[
Em
]
boat, like a
[
Am
]
bird on the
[
D7
]
wing,
[
G
]
Onward! the
[
C
]
sailors
[
D7
]
cry;
[
G
]
Carry the
[
Em
]
lad that's
[
Am
]
born to be
[
D7
]
King
[
G
]
Over the
[
C
]
sea to
[
G
]
Skye.
[
Em
]
Many's the lad
[
Am
]
fought on that day,
[
Em
]
Well the claymore could wield,
When the night came,
[
Am
]
silently lay
[
Em
]
Dead in Culloden's
[
D7
]
field.
[
G
]
Speed, bonnie
[
Em
]
boat, like a
[
Am
]
bird on the
[
D7
]
wing,
[
G
]
Onward! the
[
C
]
sailors
[
D7
]
cry;
[
G
]
Carry the
[
Em
]
lad that's
[
Am
]
born to be
[
D7
]
King
[
G
]
Over the
[
C
]
sea to
[
G
]
Skye.
[
Em
]
Burned are their homes,
[
Am
]
exile and death
[
Em
]
Scatter the loyal men;
Yet e'er the sword
[
Am
]
cool in the sheath
[
Em
]
Charlie will come
[
D7
]
again.
[
G
]
Speed, bonnie
[
Em
]
boat, like a
[
Am
]
bird on the
[
D7
]
wing,
[
G
]
Onward! the
[
C
]
sailors
[
D7
]
cry;
[
G
]
Carry the
[
Em
]
lad that's
[
Am
]
born to be
[
D7
]
King
[
G
]
Over the
[
C
]
sea to
[
G
]
Skye.
[
C
]
[
G
]