Paul Brady - Island
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Another tune I couldn't find on here, so have subbed how I play it,
the Drun is just a D chord played slowly down then back up,
play with it yourself, see what feels and sounds right for you.
I have probably made a pile of mistakes on this one, but if it
prompts someone else to submit a better version, everyone wins.
As always any mistukes, feck ups or otherwise are mine,
if you like it, go on, go mad RATE IT !
- flatwound -
THE ISLAND
** CAPO 3rd FRET**
C F C F C F C F
They say the skCies of LebFanon are buCrning F
Those mighty ceCdars bleFeding in the hCeat F
They're showing pictCures Fon the tele-viCsion F
C F Drun
Women and children dying in the street
FNow we're still at it in our own place
C F Drun
Still trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to
F F (TACET)
Carve tomorrow from a tombstone
But hFey don't listen to me, TChis wasn't meant to be no sFad song
We've heard too mFuch of that beCforeF C
Right now I only want to Fbe here with you 'til the moFrning dFew comes falCling
I wanna take you to the isFland and trace your fooFtprints in the sCandF C
And in the evening when the sFun goes down
We'll make lFove to the soFund of the ocCean C
They're raising baCttles oFver by the marCkets F
Whitewashing sloCgans Fon the shipyard wCall F
Witchdoctors praCying fFor a mighty shoCwdown F
C F C run
The way a holy flag is gonna fall
F C F C run
Up here we sacrifice our children,To feed the,Worn out dreams of yesterday
F F (TACET)
And teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"
But hey don't lisFten to me, TChis wasn't meant to be a sFad song
We've heard too mFuch of that beCforeF C
RiCght now I only wanna Fbe here with you 'til the moFrning dFew comes falCling
CHORUS....I wanna take you to the island etc
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I know us plCain folks don't sFee all the stCory F
I know peCace and loFve's just copping oCut F
I guess these yoCung boys dyFing in the ditCches F
C F Drun
That's just what being free is all about
How this twFisted wreckage down on MFain Street
C F Drun
Will bring us all together in the end
As we go marFching down the road to frFeedom... F FrFeedom