The Skye Boat Song (Power Bender Tuning) Harmonica Tabs

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Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing

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Onward the sailors cry

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Carry the lad that`s born to be king

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Over the sea to Skye

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Loud the winds howl,loud the waves roar

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Thunder clouds rend the air.Baffled our foes

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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

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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

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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

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