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Misc+Traditional - Skye+boat+song

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:20:50 +1000
From: Kevin Woodgate 
Subject: m/misc_traditional/skye_boat_song.tab



               Skye Boat Song            Traditional  Scottish Song

Transcribed by K Woodgate

Easy melody Version


Chorus:
6/8 C           Am            G                C             F          C
G7  
e|--------------------------|-----0------3---|-0---------0-------------|-----
B|--------------1-----1---1-|-3------3-------|------3------------------|-----
G|-0----2---0---------------|----------------|---------------2------2--|-0---
D|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
A|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
E|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
  Speed bon-nie boat, like a bird on the wing. ...

   C            Am            G                C             F           C    
e|--------------------------|-----0------3---|-0---------0-------------|-----
B|--------------1-----1---1-|-3------3-------|------3------------------|-----
G|-0----2---0---------------|----------------|---------------2------2--|-0---
D|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
A|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
E|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----
   Car-ry  the  lad that is  born to ...

Verse:
   Am                   Dm                   Am
e|-0--------0-----0--|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
B|------1------------|--3--------3-----3---|-1----------1-----1---1--|-------
G|-------------------|-------2-------------|--------2----------------|-2-----
D|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
A|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
E|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------
1  Loud the winds howl, Loud the waves roar, ...
2  Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ...
3  Many's the lad    fought on that day,   ...
4  Burned are our homes, exile and death   ...

   Am                   Dm                   Am                        G7
e|-0--------0-----0--|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
B|------1------------|--3--------3-----3---|-1----------1-----1---1--|------|
G|-------------------|-------2-------------|--------2----------------|-2--0-|
D|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------|
1  Baf - fled our foes stand on the shore,  ...
2  Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep      ...
3  When the night came, silently lay Dead   ...
4  Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath,  ...