Chords
Island

Key: D

Introduction: D    A    D    A    D    A    D    A    

difficulty
very easy |||||
                                          D                      A                         D                 A  
  They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
                                          D                 A                                 D            A  
  Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
                                                     D         A                                 D              A  
They're showing pictures on the tele-vision
                                D                    A  
Women and children dying in the street
G  
Now we're still at it in our own place
                                                D                      A  
Still trying to reach the future through the past,      Still tryin' to
     G  
Carve tomorrow from a tombstone
             A                                                                    D                                                                    G  
But hey don't listen to me,         This wasn't meant to be no sad song
                                             A                                 D      A      D  
We've heard too much of that before
                                                                  A                                                                      G              A                            D  
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
                                                                     G                                                         A                                      D    A    D  
I wanna take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
                                                                             A  
And in the evening when the sun goes down
                                G                              A                              D  
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean
                                                D              A                                 D            A  
They're raising battles over by the markets
                                          D         A                                         D            A  
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard wall
                                          D            A                                    D            A  
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown
                             D         A                                 Drun  
The way a holy flag is gonna fall
G                                                                                                                            D                    A                         Drun  
Up here we sacrifice our children,To feed the,Worn out dreams of yesterday
                                             G  
And teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"
                                             A                                 D                                                                    G  
But hey don't listen to me,      This wasn't    meant to be a sad song
                                             A                                 D      A      D  
We've heard too much of that before
     D                                                    A                                                                      G              A                            D  
Right now I only wanna be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
  Chorus....I wanna take you to the island etc
                                D                                         A                                 D         A  
I know us plain folks don't see all    the story
                          D                      A                                              D    A  
I know    peace and love's just copping out
                                          D                         A                                 D              A  
I guess these young boys dying in the ditches
                                             D              A  
That's just what being free is all about
                             G  
How this twisted wreckage down on Main Street
                                        D              A  
Will bring us all together in the end
                                G  
As we go marching down the road to freedom...                    Freedom