Chords with lyrics
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+G with a single strum
followed by the 
G7G7 on 'me', a single strum, and then sing the 'this wasn't to be no' with no
accompaniment before coming in on the 
C majorC for 'sad song' - it works for me!
G+G 
D MajorD G+G
They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
G+G D MajorD G+G
Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
G+G D MajorD G+G
They're showing pictures on the television
G+G D MajorD G+G
Women and children dying in the street
C majorC
And now we're just the same in our own place
G+G D MajorD G+G
Still trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to
C majorC
Carve tomorrow from a tombstone
G+G G7G7 C majorC
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D MajorD G+G
We've heard too much of that before
D MajorD 
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
A minorAm C majorC
And in the evening when the sun goes down
A minorAm D MajorD G+G G+G D MajorD G+G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean
G+G D MajorD G+G
They're raising battles over by the markets
G+G D MajorD G+G
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls
G+G D MajorD G+G
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown
G+G D MajorD G+G
No way this holy flag is gonna fall
C majorC
Up here we sacrifice our children, To feed the
G+G D MajorD G+G
Worn out dreams of yesterday
C majorC
Teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"
G+G G7G7 C majorC
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D MajorD G+G
We've heard too much of that before
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
A minorAm C majorC
And in the evening when the sun goes down
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean
G+G D MajorD G+G
I know us plain folks don't see all the story
G+G D MajorD G+G
I know that peace and love's just copping out
G+G D MajorD G+G
I guess those young boys dying in the ditches
G+G D MajorD G+G
Is just what being free is all about
C majorC
I know this twisted wreckage down on Main Street
G+G D MajorD G+G
Will bring us all together in the end
C majorC C majorC
People marching down the road to freedom... To freedom
G+G G7G7 C majorC
But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song
D MajorD G+G
I've sung too much of that before
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
I want to take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand
A minorAm C majorC
And in the evening when the sun goes down
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean Repeat last chorus and fade...
