The Island by Paul Brady - recorded by Dolores Keane among others, a beautiful song
-- I play this very simply - On the 'hey don't listen' line, I tend to play the 'hey' G with a single strum
followed by the G7 on 'me', a single strum, and then sing the 'this wasn't to be no' with no
accompaniment before coming in on the C for 'sad song' - it works for me!
G D G
They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
G D G
Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
G D G
They're showing pictures on the television
G D G
Women and children dying in the street
C
And now we're just the same in our own place
G D G
Still trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to
C
Carve tomorrow from a tombstone
G G7 C
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D G
We've heard too much of that before
D Am C D G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C D G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
Am C
And in the evening when the sun goes down
Am D G G D G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean
G D G
They're raising battles over by the markets
G D G
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls
G D G
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown
G D G
No way this holy flag is gonna fall
C
Up here we sacrifice our children, To feed the
G D G
Worn out dreams of yesterday
C
Teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"
G G7 C
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D G
We've heard too much of that before
D Am C D G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C D G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
Am C
And in the evening when the sun goes down
Am D G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean
G D G
I know us plain folks don't see all the story
G D G
I know that peace and love's just copping out
G D G
I guess those young boys dying in the ditches
G D G
Is just what being free is all about
C
I know this twisted wreckage down on Main Street
G D G
Will bring us all together in the end
C C
People marching down the road to freedom... To freedom
G G7 C
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D G
I've sung too much of that before
D Am C D G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C D G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
Am C
And in the evening when the sun goes down
Am D G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean Repeat last chorus and fade...
