[Chorus]
C Am Dm G
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone,
C F C
Say, could that lass be I?
C Am Dm G
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
C F C
Over the sea to Skye.
[Verse 1]
Am Dm Am F Am
Mull was astem, rum on the port, eigg on the starboard bow.
Am Dm Am F Am G
Glory of youth glowed in his soul, where is that glory now?
[Chorus]
C Am Dm G
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone,
C F C
Say, could that lass be I?
C Am Dm G
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
C F C
Over the sea to Skye.
[Verse 2]
Am Dm Am F Am
Give me again all that was there, give me the sun that shone.
Am Dm Am F Am G
Give me the eyes, give me the soul, give me the lad that's gone.
[Chorus]
C Am Dm G
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone,
C F C
Say, could that lass be I?
C Am Dm G
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
C F C
Over the sea to Skye.
[Instrumental] (These are the same chords as the verse and the chorus respectively,
and played in the same tempo)
Am Dm Am F Am
Am Dm Am F Am G
C Am Dm G
C F C
C Am Dm G
C F C
[Verse 3]
Am Dm Am F Am
Billow and breeze, islands and seas, mountains of rain and sun.
Am Dm Am F Am G
All that was good, all that was fair, all that was me is gone.
[Chorus] (the note in "Over" in the last line of this chorus is twice as long)
C Am Dm G
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone,
C F C
Say, could that lass be I?
C Am Dm G
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
C F C
Over the sea to Skye.