{"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":1703344,"song":"Seven Island Suite","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1703344-seven-island-suite-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1703344?type=chord","rating":4.75508,"votes":41,"content":"Seven Island Suite\r\n\r\nStandard tuning, played open or capo on the 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Seven islands to the high side[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Of the bay, 'cross the bay [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n To the sunset through the blue light [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Of a fiery autumn haze  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n We went walking on the high side [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Of the bay on a chilly morn [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And we saw how leaves had fallen [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n On the beds where trees are born [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Any man in his right mind could not fail to be made aware[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Any woman with a gift of wisdom [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     Asus4/2 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWould not seek her answers there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeven islands to the high side of the bay if you're looking west [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the sunset you can see it, all in fiery autumn dress [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Anytime would be the right time to come up to your bed of boughs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Anybody with a wish to wander could not fail but to be aroused[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   doo-do-do-dee    doo-do-do-dee  doo-do-do-dee    doo-do-do-dee         [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving high in the city,    guess you think it's a pretty good way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nYou get to learn but when you get burned you got nothing to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou seem to think because you got chicken to go you're in luck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFortune will not find you in your mansion or your truck [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Brothers will desert you when you're down and shit out of luck[/tab]\r\n \r\nAsus4/2  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   doo-do-do-dee    doo-do-do-dee  doo-do-do-dee    doo-do-do-dee   [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLook around at the morning;    guess you're doing the best you can[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSurely you know that when you go nobody gives you a hand [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThink of the air you're breathing in, think of the time you waste[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThink of the right and wrong and consider the frown on your face[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Any woman or a man with a wish to fade away, could be so blessed   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Fortune will not find you in your mansion turned to gold[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Brothers will desert you when your nights turn long and cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you feel it you better believe it you’re gonna see it, so you really know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             \r\nIt is rising like a feather dipping and dancing from below [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a new wave that is breaking in the wake of a passing ship [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvery nation's gonna be shaken Put it together, don’t let it slip[/tab]\r\n  \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]([ch]C[/ch])                                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAny man or a woman with a wish to fade away could be so blessed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the sunset through the blue light of a fiery             autumn haze[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"Seven Island Suite\n\nStandard tuning, played open or capo on the 2nd fret\n\n\n[Intro]\nA  Em  A  Em  A  Em  A\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  A  Em  A   Em  A  Em  A\nEm  A  Em  A   Em  A  Em  A\n\n\n[Instrumental 2]\n\n \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n \nAsus4/2  A  G  Em  A  Em  A\n\n\n[Instrumental 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  A  Em  A   Em  A  Em  A\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  A  Em  A   Em  A  Em  A","chords":["A","Em","C","D","Asus4","G","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}