The Island chords by Paul Brady

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...