The Island chords by Brian Kennedy

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Verse 1
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They say the
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skies of Lebanon are burnin'
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Those mighty cedars
bleedin' in the heat
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They're showing pic
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tures on the television
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Wo men and  chil
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dren dying in the street
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Now we're still at it in our own place
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Still trying to reach the fu ture
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through the path
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Still trying to carve tomorrow
from a tombstone
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But hey, don't listen to me
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This wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've heard too much
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of that before
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Right now I only wanna be here with you
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Till the morning dew comes falling
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I wanna take you to the island
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And trace your footprints in the sand
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And in the evening when
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the sun goes down
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We'll make love to  the
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sound of the ocean
They're raising banners
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over by the market
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Whitewashing slogans on
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the shipyard wall
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Witch doctors praying for
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a mighty showdown
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No way our holy flag is gonna fall
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Up here we sacrifice our children
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to feed the worn out dreams of yesterday
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And   teach them dying
will lead us into glory
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But hey, don't listen to me,
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cause this wasn't meant
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to  be no sad song
I've sung too much of that before
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Right now I only wanna
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be here with you
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Till the morning dew comes falling
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I wanna take you to the isle
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And trace your footprints in the sand
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And  in the evening when
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there's no one around
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We make love to the sound of the ocean
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Now I know us plain folks
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don't see all the story
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And  I know this peace and
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love's just copping out
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And  I guess these young boys
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dy ing in the ditches
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Is just what being free is all about
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This twisted wreckage
down on Main Street
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Will bring us all together in the end
And we will go,
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marching down the road to freedom
Freedom you