Chords for The Skye Boat Song (Outlander): easy guitar lesson

Tempo:
123.8 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

C

Am

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Skye Boat Song (Outlander): easy guitar lesson chords
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Hello, we're going all traditional today.
The Sky Boat song is the theme to the series The Outlander,
but it's a really old song that you hear loads of times, different versions, different lyrics.
It's fairly easy, but it's got an F chord in it.
It's good for beginners because they can practice this F chord, which is a chord you should try to master.
If you can play it [D#] in a bar shape, you've got the E [E] shape, like an E chord,
[F] then move up one [G#] fret and then put your first finger [F] across all six strings.
[C] So, the Sky Boat song is C, [G] you've got a G, [F] you've got the F,
and for the chorus you've got that [Am] wonderful A minor, which is a major part of the song.
[C] So, we'll start off in C.
[G]
[C] [F]
[C]
That's the first line.
[G]
[Bm] [C]
[F] [C]
Repeat it.
[G] She sailed on her day, [C] over [F] the sea [C] to Skye.
Then, you go into that wonderful [Am] A minor chord.
You've got that nice ring to it, it's the verse.
Willow and breeze, [G]
islands and seas, [F] mountains [Bm] have [A] rains.
So, [C#] it's [Am] A minor.
[G]
[F] A
[Bm] [Am] minor.
A minor.
[G]
[F]
So,
[Am] [G] that second line is [Am] A minor.
[G] G.
F.
[F]
A [Am] minor.
Then to [G] G, that takes you into the second verse, which is C.
[C]
[G]
[C] [F]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[F] [C]
Then the wonderful [Am] chorus.
Willow and breeze, [G] islands and seas, [F] mountains [A] have [Am] rains.
All that was good, [G] all that was fair, [D] [F]
that was me [A] is gone.
[G] That's the verse.
[C] That's all.
You [B] can find the original lyrics on the internet.
Keep playing the same chords, there's simplified chords to it, there's other versions where they're a bit more complicated, but I think this [F#] works.
So, all the best, bye.
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
F
134211111
C
3211
Am
2311
Bm
13421112
G
2131
F
134211111
C
3211
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_ _ Hello, we're going all _ traditional today.
_ The Sky Boat song is the theme to the series The Outlander,
but it's a really old song that you hear loads of times, different versions, different lyrics. _ _ _
It's fairly easy, but it's got an F chord in it.
It's good for beginners because they can practice this F chord, which is a chord you should try to master.
If you can play it [D#] in a bar shape, you've got the E [E] shape, like an E chord,
[F] then move up one [G#] fret and then put your first finger [F] across all six strings. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] So, the Sky Boat song is C, [G] you've got a G, _ [F] you've got the F,
_ and for the chorus you've got that [Am] wonderful A minor, _ which is _ a major part of the song.
_ _ _ [C] So, we'll start off in C. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _
That's the first line. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Repeat it. _ _ _
_ _ [G] She sailed on her day, _ [C] _ over [F] the sea [C] to Skye.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then, you go into that wonderful [Am] A minor chord. _
_ You've got that nice ring to it, it's the verse. _ _
Willow and breeze, [G] _ _
islands and seas, [F] _ mountains [Bm] have [A] rains. _ _
So, _ [C#] it's [Am] A minor.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ A _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] minor.
_ _ _ A minor.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F]
So, _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ that second line is [Am] A minor. _
_ _ _ [G] G. _
_ _ _ F.
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
A [Am] minor. _ _ _
Then to [G] G, _ that takes you into the second verse, which is C.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Then the wonderful [Am] chorus.
_ _ Willow and breeze, _ [G] _ islands and seas, _ [F] _ mountains [A] have _ [Am] rains. _ _
_ _ _ _ All that was good, [G] _ all that was fair, [D] _ [F] _
that was me _ [A] is gone.
[G] _ That's the verse.
[C] _ _ _ That's all.
_ You [B] can find the _ _ original lyrics on the internet.
_ Keep playing the same chords, there's simplified chords to it, there's other versions where they're a bit more complicated, but I think this [F#] works. _ _
So, all the best, bye. _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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