Key: C
Introduction:
C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown,
C7
I set out to get you with a fine toothed comb,
F C F C
I was soft inside, there was something goin' on.
C
You do something to me that I can't explain,
C7
hold me closer and I feel no pain,
F C
ev'ry beat of my heart we got something goin on.
F
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication,
Fm
all this love we feel needs no conversation.
C
We ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, uh huh.
C F
Islands in the stream that is what we are,
Dm
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
C F
Sail away with me to another world,
C
and we rely on each other, uh huh,
Dm C
from one lover to another, uh huh.
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G
I can't live without you if the love was gone,
G7
ev'rything is nothing if you got no one,
C G C G
and you did walk in the night, slowly losin' sight of the real thing.
G
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt,
G7
too deep in love and we got no way out,
C G
and the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing.
C
No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never,
Cm
we start and end as one, in love for ever,
G
we can ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, un huh.
G C
Islands in the stream that is what we are,
Am
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
G C
Sail away with me to another world,
G
and we rely on each other, uh huh,
Am G
from one lover to another, uh huh.