Diatonic Harmonica Tabs

 -4    5 -4   6    6   6 -6  -7  -6  -8
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
-7 -6  -7   5   5  -4
Onward the sailors cry 
-4 5  -4   6   6     -6  -7 -6  -8
Carry the lad that`s born to be king
-7-6 -7   5  5  -4
Over the sea to Skye

CHORUS
 -7   5   -7   -7   -6    5   -6    -6
Loud the winds howl,loud the waves roar
 6   5    6     6    6   5  -7  6   -7  -7
Thunder clouds rend the air.Baffled our foes 
 -6   5  -6   -6     6  5   6    6    6   5
stand by the shore. Follow they will not dare

VERSE 2
Tho` the waves leap soft shall ye sleep
Ocean`s a royal bed
Rock`d in the deep. Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Many`s the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden`s Field
CHORUS
VERSE4
Burn`d are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet `ere the sword cool in the sheath,
Charlie will come again
CHORUS
Harmonica Tabs Song Info
Title The Skye Boat Song
Artist Hollie Smith
Key C
Harp Type Diatonic

Note: This tab is specifically for the Diatonic Harmonica, as there are different types of harmonicas.

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