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on a desert isle easy guitar chords by
C.w. Stoneking
C.w. Stoneking

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Verse 1
C
Em
C
F
C
Em
Dm
F
A
G
C

I drifted
G
C

in the Doldrums,
F
C

almost dead,
G
C

A weedy, watery, trail,
G
C
Em

With a useless rag,
C
F
C
Em

hangin above my head,
G
Dm
G

Not a breath o' breeze to fill my sail,
C
G

C
G

Then liftin' up my spyglass,
F
C

ol' Buckley's hope,
G
F
C
Dm
C

I seen somethin' o'er the waves,
D
C

Em

I throwed my things,
C
F
C

I left my boat,
G
Em
C

And swam out on my way.
F
On a Desert Isle,
Verse 2

Dm
C

Here I sing, oh- de- lee- ee- oh- de- lay- ee,
G
C
Dbdim

Soft an' sweet
Dm
G

Got no shirt or shoes upon my feet,
Db
C
F
C

Out in the middle of an o- o- ocean,
Gm
F

C
Dm

Doin' my thing,
E
C
G

I'm happy just to dream, and sing,
C
F

Out livin' like a marabout king,
G
C
F
G
C
G

Out on a Desert Isle
C
The shadin' palm trees
Verse 3
F
C

bend an' sway,
G
Bm
G
C

The fish swim 'bout my feet,
G
C
G

And a breeze blowin' soft
Edim
F
C

'pon the cordgrass play,
G
Dm
C
Dm

A lazy old melody, cool an' sweet,
G
C
G
C

As the sun goes sinkin' in a painted sky,
G
C

My eye's on a pool of light,
G
C
G

Where the stars cast a twink
C
F
C
Em

lin' veil on high,
G
Dm
C
G
F
C

Where I sleep out everynight...
F
One
Verse 4

mornin' the silence broke,
Dm
C

As beset by a sea high- horned
G
C

in waves I awoke,
A
Dm
G

To find no remnants of that paradise,
Bm
G
Bdim

What laid about me, were a changed,
C
F
C

unfriendly land,
F

From beyond the compass' reach,
C
Dm

I sings this song of water an' dun e,
E

Of wonders strange,
C
G

Out of the gloom,
C
Em
Dbdim
D
G

there came a sound like cry in' in the night,
Dm
D
C

My blue ruined eyes I thought lied,
D
G
Bm

A woman draggin' up,
D
Em
G

out of that squawlin' tide.
Verse 5
F
G
Dm

On a desert isle,
C

Oh- de- lee- oh- oh- de- lay- ee,

tired an' beat,
Dm
G

Writin' help, in letters fifteen feet,
Em

G

Out on the beach,
C
F
C
F

beside an o- o- ocean,
C
F

Woe is me,
E
C
G

a cryin baby bouncin' on my knee,
C
A
Dm
G

In a little grass shack built for three,
Bm
Em
G
C
F
G
C

Out on a Desert Isle.

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Chords
  • C

  • Em

  • F

  • Dm

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • Dbdim

    4
  • Db

    4
  • Gm

    3
  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • Edim

  • Bdim

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