MISC TRADITIONAL - "skye boat song" Tablature

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:20:50 +1000
From: Kevin Woodgate <kwoodg10@scu.edu.au>
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, ...