the island chords by Celtic Thunder
Verse 1
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A
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
They say the
G
skies of Lebanon are burning
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D
Those mighty cedars bleeding
A
in the heat
D
They're showing pictures
G
on the television
D
Women and children dying
G
D
in the street
G
And we're still at it in our own place
D
Still trying to reach the fu
A
D
ture through the past
G
Still trying to carve tomorrow
from a tombstone
D
A
But hey, don't listen to me
Verse 2
D
This wasn't meant to
G
be no sad song
A
We've heard too much of that before
D
A
D
Right now I only want
A
to be with you
G
A
Till the mornin' dew comes fallin'
D
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Verse 3
G
And I want to take you to the island
D
A
Trace your footprints in the sand
D
G
D
And in the evening when the
A
sun goes down
G
A
We'll make love to the sound
D
of the ocean
Verse 4
D
They're raisin' banners over
G
by the markets
D
White washing slogans on
G
our ship yard walls
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Witch doctors praying for
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a mighty showdown
D
No way our holy flag is gonna fall
Verse 5
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Up here we sacrifice our children
D
To feed the worn out
A
D
dreams of yesterday
G
And teach them dying will lead us into glory
D
A
D
But hey, don't listen to me.
Verse 6
A
D
'Cause this wasn't meant
G
to be no sad song
A
I've sung too much of that before
D
A
D
A
Right now I only want to be with you
G
A
Till the mornin' dew comes fallin'
D
Verse 7
G
I want to take you to the island
D
A
Trace your footprints in the sand
D
And in the evening when there's
A
no one around
G
We'll make love to the
A
D
sound of the ocean
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Now I know us
Verse 8
D
plain folks don't
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D
see all the story
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D
And I know this peace and
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D
love's just copping out
A
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D
A
And I guess these young boys
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A
D
dyin' in the ditches
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D
A
D
Is just what being free is all about
G
And how this twisted wreckage
down main street
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A
D
Will bring us all together in the end
G
And we'll go marching down
the road to freedom
Freedom
Freedom
D
the island
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