Desert Island chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
BB|--3-----2--5-----3-----3--2--0-----------2---------------2-----------------2-----------3-----------|
G+G|-----2--------2-----2-----------2-----------2-----2---------------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----------4--3--------3-----3 -----3--------3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
BB|--3-----2--5-----3-----3--2--0-----------2---------------2-----------------2---------|
G+G|-----2--------2-----2-----------2-----------2-----2---------------2-----2-----2------|
D MajorD|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----------4--3--------3-----3 -----3--------3-----3-----3---|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
D MajorD           F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                 A7A7
Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate
D MajorD           F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                D MajorD
With Great Britain written on its name plate


Verse 1:
A augmentedA           B minorBm
With my umbrella, I go walking
C#C#                 F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Through all the sands on a building site
A augmentedA               B minorBm
Across the shopping malls and motorways
C#C#
Birds from Heathrow fill the
F# minorF#m             BB
Night with people flying to escape
F# minorF#m          E minorEm     A7A7
Friday comforts me and says, it's pay day


Chorus:
D MajorD           F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                 A7A7
Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate
D MajorD           F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                D MajorD
With Great Britain written on its name plate

Verse 2:
A augmentedA            B minorBm
The game and coconuts is plentiful
C#C#                   F# minorF#m A augmentedA
You pick 'em right off of a supermarket shelf
A augmentedA             B minorBm
And all the man-eaters are parked away
C#C#
Down in the garages
F# minorF#m                  BB
While their selfish owners drinking to escape
F# minorF#m             E minorEm   A7A7
Lord of flies with cocktails in his conch shell


Bridge:
D MajorD        E minorEm
And don't rescue me, no no no
A augmentedA     D MajorD      C#C#
This is my home, sweet home, dear
D MajorD      E minorEm
Don't rescue me, no no, hey no
G+G       A7A7
I am far from alone here


Chorus:
D MajorD       F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                A7A7
Me and one nation are sharing the same fate
D MajorD           F minorFm
Cast away on a desert island
E minorEm                 D MajorD
With Great Britain written on it's name plate


Outro:
D MajorD           DmDm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D MajorD           DmDm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D MajorD           DmDm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D MajorD           DmDm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D MajorD      DmDm
Don't rescue me, no no no
D MajorD      DmDm
Don't rescue me, no no no
D MajorD      DmDm
Don't rescue me, no no no