Island Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

D A D A D A D A

  They say the skDies of LebAanon are buDrning A

  Those mighty ceDdars bleAeding in the hDeat A

 They're showing pictDures Aon the tele-viDsion A

  D A Drun

Women and children dying in the street

GNow we're still at it in our own place

  D A Drun

Still trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to

  G G (TACET)

Carve tomorrow from a tombstone

 But hAey don't listen to me, TDhis wasn't meant to be no sGad song

 We've heard too mAuch of that beDforeA D

 Right now I only want to Abe here with you 'til the moGrning dAew comes falDling

 I wanna take you to the isGland and trace your fooAtprints in the sDandA D

 And in the evening when the sAun goes down

 We'll make lGove to the soAund of the ocDean D

 They're raising baDttles oAver by the marDkets A

 Whitewashing sloDgans Aon the shipyard wDall A

 Witchdoctors praDying fAor a mighty shoDwdown A

  D A D run

The way a holy flag is gonna fall

G D A D run

Up here we sacrifice our children,To feed the,Worn out dreams of yesterday

  G G (TACET)

And teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"

 But hey don't lisAten to me, TDhis wasn't meant to be a sGad song

 We've heard too mAuch of that beDforeA D

 RiDght now I only wanna Abe here with you 'til the moGrning dAew comes falDling

CHORUS....I wanna take you to the island etc

 I know us plDain folks don't sAee all the stDory A

 I know peDace and loAve's just copping oDut A

 I guess these yoDung boys dyAing in the ditDches A

  D A Drun

That's just what being free is all about

 How this twGisted wreckage down on MGain Street

  D A Drun

Will bring us all together in the end

 As we go marGching down the road to frGeedom... G FrGeedom