Skye Boat Song in G Mixolydian-Dadd Strummed with Chords and Lyrics

Chorus: 1

3 4

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G

3 =1 0

0_

Em 0

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0

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3_

1 =1 3

Am 3

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3

6 =4 4

4_

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Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,

D 4

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4

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onward the sailors

4_

7/0 =5 4

4

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4

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cry!

Bridge: 5

G

3 =3 5

5_

C 5

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5

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Carry the lad that is

6_

3 =4 6

G 6

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6

3 =3 5

5_

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born to be king,

G 5

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4

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over the sea to

0_

3 =1 0

0

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1

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Skye!

Ending: 9

G

7/0 =6 5

5

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5

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over the sea to

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5

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Skye!

Verses: 10

Em

3 =4 5

5_ 1. 2. 3. 4.

14

5

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5

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Loud the winds howl, Through the waves leap, Many's the lad Burned are our homes,

Em 3_

1. 2. 3. 4.

Am 5_

5

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5

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loud the waves roar, soft shall ye sleep, fought on that day, exile and death

5 =4 3

4_

3

3

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baffled our foes Rocked in the deep, when the night came, Yet, e'er the sword

Updated 1/12/2011

3_

3

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3

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stand on the shore, Flora will keep silently lay cool in the sheath,

4

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4

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thunder claps rend the ocean's a royal well the claymore could scatter the loyal

C ..

6 =4 4

3_

4_

4

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4

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air, bed. wield men.

6 =4 3

3

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3

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follow they will not watch by your weary dead on Culloden's Charlie will come

3_

3

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3

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dare. head. field. again.

Printed on 1/12/2011

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