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Artist:     King Crimson
Song:       Islands
Album:      Islands
Tabbed by:  Wiktor R. Kolowiecki
E-mail:     [email protected]
[Verse 1]
C#mEarth, stream and tree encG#mircled by sea
F#mWaves sweep the sand from my iG#msland.
My sC#munsets fade. FF#mield and glade 
wait oG#mnly for rain
F#mGrain after grain love eG#mrodes my
High wC#meathered walls which G#mfend off the tide
F#mCradle the wind to my iG#msland.C#m  
[Verse 2]
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies touch my island, touch me.
[Chorus]
EBeneath the wind turned wAave
EInfinite pAeace
EIslands join haAnds 'Neathe heaven's sEea.
[Verse 3]
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.

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Islands

by King Crimson

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C#m

G#m

F#m

Artist: King Crimson

Song: Islands

Album: Islands

Tabbed by: Wiktor R. Kolowiecki

E-mail: [email protected]

[Verse 1]

C#m G#m

Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea

F#m G#m

Waves sweep the sand from my island.

C#m F#m

My sunsets fade. Field and glade

G#m

wait only for rain

F#m G#m

Grain after grain love erodes my

C#m G#m

High weathered walls which fend off the tide

F#m G#m C#m

Cradle the wind to my island.

[Verse 2]

Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide

Mournfully glide o'er my island.

My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,

Dissolves in the sun.

Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run

Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes

Violet skies touch my island, touch me.

[Chorus]

E A

Beneath the wind turned wave

E A

Infinite peace

E A E

Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.

[Verse 3]

Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone

Hungrily reach from my island.

Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds

Are strewn on my shore.

Equal in love, bound in circles.

Earth, stream and tree return to the sea

Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.

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