This a song by Neil Murray, performed by the Warumpi Band on the 1987 album "Go Bush"
Intro
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 1]
G C G
Six years I've been in the desert
C G
And every night I dream of the sea
G C G
They say home is where you find it
D C G
But will this place ever satisfy me
[Verse 2]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 3]
G C G
In the evening the dry wind blows
C G
From the hills and across the plains
G C G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
D C G
In a boat on the sea again
G C G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
C G
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Instrumental]
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 4]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 5]
Em D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
From the hills and across the plains
Em D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again
Em D G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
G C
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waitin’ for me
[Exit Chorus 1]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am |Em |C
My island home
[Exit Chorus 2] (repeat x3 times)
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am
My island home
C
My island home
[Finish on]
Em
My island home
