{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1045892,"song":"The Island","artist":"Paul Brady","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11231024-the-island-chords-by-paul-brady/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1045892?type=chord","rating":4.77753,"votes":86,"content":" Another tune I couldn't find on here, so have subbed how I play it,\r\n the Drun is just a D chord played slowly down then back up,\r\n play with it yourself, see what feels and sounds right for you.\r\n I have probably made a pile of mistakes on this one, but if it\r\n prompts someone else to submit a better version, everyone wins.\r\n\r\n As always any mistukes, feck ups or otherwise are mine,\r\n \r\n if you like it, go on, go mad RATE IT !\r\n - flatwound -\r\n\r\n THE ISLAND\r\n ** CAPO 3rd FRET**\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n They say the skies of Lebanon are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're showing pictures on the tele-vision[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Drun\r\nWomen and children dying in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow we're still at it in our own place[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Drun\r\nStill trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (TACET)\r\nCarve tomorrow from a tombstone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe've heard too much of that before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna take you to the Island, And trace your footprints in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd in the evening when the sun goes down [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll make love, To the sound, Of the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're raising banners over by the markets[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhitewashing slogans on the shipyard wall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWitchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] run\r\nThe way a holy flag is gonna fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] run\r\nUp here we sacrifice our children, To feed the,Worn out dreams of yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (TACET)\r\nAnd teach them, Dying will lead us into Glory[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be a sad song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe've heard too much of that before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna take you to the Island, And trace your footprints in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd in the evening when there's no-one around [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll make love, To the sound, Of the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] e|-5--2--3--0--2-----0------0----5--2--3--0--2-----------------------|\r\n B|-----------------3------2---3----------------3---2h3p2--0----------|\r\n G|---------------------4-------------------------------------2--0----|\r\n D|-----------------------------------------------------------------4-|\r\n A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I know us plain folks don't see all the story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know this peace and love's just copping out[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI guess these young boys dying in the ditches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Drun\r\nThat's just what being free is all about[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' how this twisted wreckage down on Main Street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Drun\r\nWill bring us all together in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we go marching down the road to freedom... Freedom[/tab]","plain_text":"Another tune I couldn't find on here, so have subbed how I play it,\n the Drun is just a D chord played slowly down then back up,\n play with it yourself, see what feels and sounds right for you.\n I have probably made a pile of mistakes on this one, but if it\n prompts someone else to submit a better version, everyone wins.\n\n As always any mistukes, feck ups or otherwise are mine,\n \n if you like it, go on, go mad RATE IT !\n - flatwound -\n\n THE ISLAND\n ** CAPO 3rd FRET**\n\n D A D A D A D A","chords":["D","A","G","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}