The Island chords by
Celtic Thunder
Keith Harkin
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Key: F major

Verse 1
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
They say the
D D 
 
skies of Lebanon are burning
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Those mighty   cedars
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
bleeding      in the heat
A A 
 
D D 
 
They're showing pictures
on the television
G G 
 
D D 
 
Women and children dying in the street
G G 
 
And we're still at it in our own place
D D 
 
Still trying to reach the fu
A A 
 
D D 
 
ture through the past
G G 
 
Still trying to carve tomorrow
from a tombstone
A A 
 
D D 
 
But hey, don't listen to me

Verse 2
A A 
 
D D 
 
This wasn't meant to
G G 
 
be no sad song
A A 
 
We've heard too much of that before
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Right now I only want
A A 
 
to be with you
G G 
 
A A 
 
Till the mornin' dew comes fallin'
D D 
 

Verse 3
G G 
 
And I want to take you to the island
D D 
 
A A 
 
Trace your footprints in the sand
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And in the evening when the
A A 
 
sun goes down
G G 
 
A A 
 
We'll make love to the sound
D D 
 
of the ocean

Verse 4
D D 
 
They're raisin' banners over
G G 
 
by the markets
D D 
 
White washing slogans on
G G 
 
our ship yard walls
A A 
 
D D 
 
Witch doctors praying for
G G 
 
a mighty showdown
D D 
 
No way our holy flag is gonna fall

Verse 5
G G 
 
Up here we sacrifice our children
D D 
 
A A 
 
To feed the worn out dream
D D 
 
s of yesterday
G G 
 
And teach them dying will lead us into glory
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
But hey, don't listen to me.

Verse 6
A A 
 
D D 
 
'Cause this wasn't meant
G G 
 
to be no sad song
A A 
 
I've sung too much of that before
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Right now I only want to be with you
G G 
 
A A 
 
Till the mornin' dew comes fallin'
D D 
 

Verse 7
G G 
 
I want to take you to the island
D D 
 
A A 
 
Trace your footprints in the sand
D D 
 
And in the evening when there's
A A 
 
no one around
G G 
 
We'll make love to the
A A 
 
D D 
 
sound of the ocean
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Now I know us

Verse 8
D D 
 
plain folks
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
don't see      all the story
A A 
 
D D 
 
And I know this peace and
love's just copping out
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
And I guess these young boys
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
dyin'      in the ditches
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Is just what being free is all about
G G 
 
And how this twisted wreckage
down main street
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Will bring us all together in the end
G G 
 
And we'll go marching down
the road to freedom
Freedom
Freedom
D D 
 

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