Island of Souls chords by
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Dm
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Verse 1
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Billy was born within
Gsus4
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sight of the shipyard
G
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Dm
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F
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Gsus4
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First son of a riveter's son
F
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Dm
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And Billy was raised as the
G
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Gsus4
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ship grew a shadow
F
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Her great hull would blot out the
G
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Dm
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light of the sun
Gsus4
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Verse 2
Dm
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And six days a week he would
Gsus4
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G
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watch his poor father
Dm
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G
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Gsus4
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A working man live like a slave
Dm
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He'd drink every night and
Gsus4
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he'd dream of a future
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Dm
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G
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Of money he never would save
F
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Gsus4
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F
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Cm
Cm
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And Billy would cry when
Ab
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he thought of the future
Verse 3
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Soon came a day when the
Gsus4
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F
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G
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bottle was broken
Dm
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Gsus4
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They launched a great ship out to sea
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Dm
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He felt he'd been left on
Gsus4
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F
F

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a des olate shore
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Dm
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To a future he desperately
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wanted to flee
Cm
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Ab
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What else was there for a riveter's son
Bb
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A new ship to be built,
new work to be done
Verse 4
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Bb
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One day he dreamed
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of the ship in the world
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F
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It would carry his father and he
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Gm
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3

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To a place they would never be found
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Bb
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Csus4
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F
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To a place far away from this town.
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Interlude 1
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G
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Verse 5
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Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
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All the workmen sus
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Dm
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pended like flies
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Caught in the flare of acetylene light
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A working man works
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F
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till the industry dies
Cm
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And Billy would cry when he
Ab
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thought of the future
Dm
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Then what
Verse 6
F
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they call an
Dm
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industrial accident
Dm
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C
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F
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Crushed those it couldn't
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C
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Gsus4
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forgive
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Dm
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F
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They brought Billy's father
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back home in an ambulance
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C
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A brass watch, a cheque,
Dm
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C
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F
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maybe three weeks to live,
Cm
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And what else was there
Ab
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for a riveter's son
Bb
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A new ship to be built,
new work to be done
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That night,
Verse 7
Bb
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he dreamed of
the ship in the world
Gm
Gm
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G
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Dm
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F
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It would carry his father and he
Bb
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Gm
Gm
3

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To a place they could never be found
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Dm
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F
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To a place far away from this town,
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Bb
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Gm
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A Newcastle ship without coals
Gsus4
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G
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F
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Bb
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Csus4
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Dm
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They would sail to the island of souls.
Outro 1
F
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Dm
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C
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C
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C
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G
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