Key: E
Introduction: E B E C#m B C#m B A E C#m B C#m B A
C#m B
They named it "The rock", land of the living dead
C#m A B
A repose for the rich and famous
C#m B
And all the infamous would tell each other's lies
C#m A B
Why did they want to tell the truth?
E
Sail away now
C#m B
On an island in the sun
B C#m B
Cool Pacific winds
A
Blow
C#m B
Most were poets and they wrote in basic prose
C#m A B
On the walls of their sunset Blvd.
C#m B
In their nine by five rooms whose became inspired
C#m A B
By the silence in sight of the city
E
Sail away now
C#m B
On an island in the sun
C#m B A
Cool Pacific winds
E
Blow sail away now
C#m B
Just across the bay
B C#m B A
Battered by the waves
E
Sail away now
C#m B
On an island in the sun
C#m B A
Cool Pacific winds
E
Blow sail away now
C#m B
Just across the bay
B C#m B A
Battered by the waves
F#
Sail away now
D#m C#
Sail away now
D#m C# B
Sail away now
F#
Sail away now
D#m C#
On an island in the sun
D#m C# B
Cool Pacific winds
F#
Sail away now
D#m C#
Sail away now
D#m C# B
Sail away now
F#
Sail away now
D#m C#
On an island in the sun
D#m C# B
Cool Pacific winds