{"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":1108130,"song":"The Island","artist":"Celtic Thunder","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11246430-the-island-chords-by-celtic-thunder/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1108130?type=chord","rating":4.64776,"votes":10,"content":"The Island\r\nCapo III\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey say the skies of Lebanon are burning, [/tab]\r\nThose mighty cedars bleeding in the heat. \r\nThey're showing pictures on the television \r\nWomen and children dying in the street.\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we're still at it in our own place,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t           [ch]D[/ch]\t    [ch]G[/ch]\t             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nStill trying to reach the future through the past. [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\t\r\nStill trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone... [/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut hey, don't listen to me! This wasn't meant to be no sad song. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]A[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe've heard too much of that before. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRight now I only want to be here with you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch] \r\n'til the morning dew comes falling. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wanna take you to the island,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t      [ch]A[/ch]\t\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Trace your footprints in the sand. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\r\nAnd in the evening when the sun goes down [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t     [ch]A[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\r\nWe'll make love to the sound of the ocean. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're raising banners over by the markets, [/tab]\r\nWhitewashing slogans on our shipyard walls. \r\nWitchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown -\r\nNo way our holy flag is gonna fall. \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp here we sacrifice our children[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nto feed the worn-out dreams of yesterday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\t\r\nAnd teach them dying will lead us into glory...[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut hey, don't listen to me! This wasn't meant to be no sad song. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]A[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've   sung too much of that before. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRight now I only want to be here with you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch] \r\n'Til the morning dew comes falling. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wanna take you to the island,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t      [ch]A[/ch]\t\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrace your footprints in the sand. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\r\nAnd in the evening when there's no one around, [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t     [ch]A[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\r\nWe'll make love to the sound of the ocean. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I know us plain folks don't see all the story, [/tab]\r\nAnd I know this peace and love's just copping out. \r\nAnd I guess these young boys dying in the ditches \r\nIs just what being free is all about.\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd how this twisted wreckage down on main street[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWill bring us all together in the end [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd we'll go marching down the road to freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFreedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFreedom[/tab]","plain_text":"The Island\nCapo III\n\n\nThose mighty cedars bleeding in the heat. \nThey're showing pictures on the television \nWomen and children dying in the street.\n \n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhitewashing slogans on our shipyard walls. \nWitchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown -\nNo way our holy flag is gonna fall. \n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I know this peace and love's just copping out. \nAnd I guess these young boys dying in the ditches \nIs just what being free is all about.","chords":["D","Bm","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}