'Leave This Island' by Maximo Park
(www.maximopark.com)
Tabbed by: Rob Leyland
Capo 3
Intro: Am Am Bm-C C G G F D Am
Am C
Have you ever been compelled
G
Under a spell
F Am
From a protagonist who knows you far too well
Am C
Have you ever been undone
D
By a slip of the tongue
F Am
and betrayed a side of you that felt hard won
C
So we watch the water swell
D
From a Scottish hotel
Bm
Have you ever fell?
Have you ever fell?
C
Are you gonna tell me why
Em
There's a backpack by the bedroom window
D
It's a pack of lies
Bm
Everything has to reach a peak sometime
C
Tell me why
Em
There's a map lain flat on the bedside table
D
It's a pack of lies
Bm
It's not a peak, it's a plateau
Em
Let me know
C
When you wanna leave this island
D
Let me know
G D Am
When you wanna hear my point of view
C C G G F F C
Am C
In the observation lounge
D
Couples ready to pounce
F Am
But there's a reticence from treading icy ground
Am C
So we watch the water swell
D
From a Scottish hotel
Bm
Have you ever fell?
Have you ever fell?
C
Are you gonna tell me why
Em
There's a backpack by the bedroom window
D
It's a pack of lies
Bm
Everything has to reach a peak sometime
C
Tell me why
Em
There's a map lain flat on the bedside table
D
It's a pack of lies
Bm
It's not a peak, it's a plateau
Em
Let me know
C
When you wanna leave this island
D
Let me know
G D Am
When you wanna hear my point of view
Em
Let me know
C
When you wanna leave this island
D
Let me know
G D Am
When you wanna hear my point of view
G D Am
I'll stand up for you
G D Am
I'll stand up for you
G D Am
I'll stand up for you
G D Am
G D Am
G D
Em C
I will act as a semaphore
D B
I will guide you to a perfect landing
Em C
I will act as a distant shore
D B Em
I will aim to be the last man standing for you
C
I will act as a semaphore
D G D Am
I will guide you to a perfect landing
G D Am
I'll stand up for you
G D Am
I'll stand up for you
G D Am
When you wanna leave this island
G D Am
When you wanna hear my point of view
