Bryan Ferry - This island earth
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Capo: 1
Tuning: E A D G B E
Song: This island Earth
Artist: Bryan Ferry
Composer: Bryan Ferry
Album: The bride stripped bare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DS0o0y_CSI
Capo at 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of D#m)
[Intro chords]
Dm = xx023x D/A# = x1x23x
Dm/F = 1xx23x D/A = x0x23x
Dsus2/E = 0xx23x
[Verse and break chords]
Dm = xx0231 A = x02220 Dm/A = xx0231
C#aug = x4322x A7 = x02020 C#aug/A = x0322x
Dm7/C = x30211 F = 133211 Dm7/A = x00211
G/B = x20003 A/A# = x12220 A7b13 = x02021
Gm/A# = x10022 G = 320033 Dsus2 = xx0230
Gm = 3xxx22 Dm7 = xx0211
(N.B. The Gm is played as just a bass note on the bottom string)
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[Intro]
Dm Dm/F Dsus2/E D/A# D/A
e |-----------------|-------------------| [x4]
B |---3------3------|---3-------3---3---|
G |---2------2------|---2-------2---2---|
D |---0-------------|-------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------1---0---|
E |----------1------|---0---------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm So I send an C#augS.O.S., Dm7/C sema - G/Bphore myself,
Gm/A# Catch me faAlling, fiA7nal - Dmly, F A
Dm Through the air and uC#augnderground,
Dm7/C Every - wG/Bhere this sound,
Gm/A# Screams and whAispers, A7I can't brDmeathe F A
[Verse 2]
I fDmeel it in myC#aug bones, Dm7/C ...though I know I'm G/Bnot alone,
Gm/A# You're spinning Afar too A7far from Dmme, F A
So cDmruel to be so C#augkind, Dm7/C now I know I'll aG/Blways find...
Gm/A# ...This island EaArth a mA7yste - Dmry F A
[Break]
Dm Dm/A Dm C#aug C#aug/A C#aug Dm7/C Dm7/A Dm7/C G/B
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G/B G G/B Gm/A# Gm Gm/A# A A/A# A A7b13
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Verse 3]
Dm As I stumble tC#aughrough the dark,Dm7/C ...dream lovers dG/Bream apart,
Gm/A# Starry eyed a viAsion ruA7shes Dmin, F A
Dm Do I wonder C#aug ...or care?
Dm7/C My spirit's bG/Bleeding, God knows Gm/A#where,
A neAver enA7ding stDmreamDm7 F A
[Verse 4]
I tDmried to love, C#aug ...tried to find,
Dm7/C My soul in shG/Badows running Gm/A#blind and resAtless A7as the Dmsea, F A
Via siDmdewalks, through theC#aug haze, Dm7/C ...wandering as G/Bin a maze,
Gm/A# Lost in nuAmber, tA7ime and sDmpace F A
[Verse 5]
So Dmnear and yet soC#aug far, Dm7/C ...castaway, as stG/Brangers are,
Gm/A# This island EaArth, and yA7ou and Dmme Dm7 Dm F A
[Instrumental Verses]
Dm C#aug Dm7/C G/B
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gm/A# A A7 Dm F A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dm C#aug Dm7/C G/B
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G/B Gm/A# A A/A# A A A7b13
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Coda]
Dm C#aug Dm7/C G/B
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gm/A# A A7 Dm F A Dsus2
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