Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis – Lyrics with Guitar Chords

Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis is a song off the 2012 Pixar film, Brave. This song and several others were the first by Disney to feature lyrics sung in Scottish Gaelic. Brave was also the first Pixar film not be scored by their usual composers: Randy Newman, Michael Giacchino, or Thomas Newman.

You can learn to play Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis with guitar chords, lyrics and a strumming trainer directly in the Uberchord app. This app listens to your guitar chords and gives you visual feedback in real-time in case you make a mistake.

Key of the Song:

The original key of Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis is in D major.

Guitar Chords for Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis

This is one of the few Disney songs I’ve seen that doesn’t use more advanced harmony that requires chords that aren’t so common to the guitar. This song only uses chords like D, Bm, A, and G amongst others so these shouldn’t be too hard to strum and follow along with the song. G/B may be the only chord that will throw you off, but remember that it’s a G that doesn’t play the 3rd fret on the low E string, and you’ll be all set. 

Video Lesson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yXBnkxZzkE

Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis – Lyrics with Chords

Intro:
 
        D5
        D5   Csus             D5   Csus
        D5   Csus               A5
 
 
[Verse]
 
     D              G                D                G
When cold wind is-a calling, and the sky is clear and bright,
      Bm        A        G               D            A
Misty mountains sing and beckon, lead me out into the light.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       Bm           G
I will ride; I will fly,
          D         A         Bm
Chase the wind, and touch the sky.
       G
I will fly, 
          D         A         D
Chase the wind, and touch the sky.
 
 
D             G
Na-na   Na-na Na-na 
        D             A
Na-na   Na Na   Na-na Na
        D             G
Na-na   Na-na   Na-na Na-na
        D             A
Na-na   Na Na   Na-na Na
 
 
[Break]
 
Bm  G/B - G    A
 
 
[Verse]
 
A     D               G
Where dark woods hide secrets,
    D                        G
and mountains are fierce and bold,
     Bm     A    G              D                 A
Deep waters hold reflections of times lost long a-go.
       D                G           D              G
I will hear their every story, take hold of my own dream,
      Bm            A        G           A5                 D5
Be as strong as the seas are stormy, and proud as an eagles scream.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       Bm           G
I will ride; I will fly,
          D         A         Bm
Chase the wind, and touch the sky.
       G
I will fly, 
          D         A         D
Chase the wind, and touch the sky.
 
 
D             G
Na-na   Na-na Na-na 
        D             A
Na-na   Na Na   Na-na Na
        D             G
Na-na   Na-na   Na-na Na-na
        D             A
Na-na   Na Na   Na-na Na
(Repeat this one more time, and diminuendo on these last chords)
 
D   G   D    A
 
(Ritard on this last line)
D   G   D