Western Island chords by Archie Fisher

Chords with lyrics

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

Chorus:
E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC        B minorBm     E minorEm
I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land
 C majorC            G+G       A augmentedA          D MajorD
I cleared ten acres and a house I built into the side of the hill


Verse 1:
 E minorEm        D MajorD            C majorC            B minorBm     E minorEm
The roof leaks, the windows rattle, and the grass in the high ground won't feed cattle
  C majorC        G+G          A augmentedA       D MajorD
The west wind blown off the sea makes it hard to grow a tree

Verse 2:
E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC        B minorBm     E minorEm
One cow and a lean-to bier, a spring close by and a driftwood fire
 C majorC         G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
A augmentedA clear view of the settin' sun and a 12 gauge hammer gun


Verse 3:
E minorEm       D MajorD          C majorC             B minorBm     E minorEm
I keep sheep, I fish deep water in a high bowed boat called the Neptune's Daughter
 C majorC        G+G          A augmentedA        D MajorD
She will ride any western gale and can carry a stack of sails


Verse 4:
E minorEm          D MajorD            C majorC          B minorBm   E minorEm
Some nights when the bright lights flicker I sail to the mainland for my liquor
 C majorC            G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
I haven't got a woman to call my own, but I never wake up alone


Verse 5:
E minorEm       D MajorD            C majorC          B minorBm     E minorEm
A augmentedA man needs to feel the ground and the wind to tell him the world spins round
 C majorC           G+G          A augmentedA         D MajorD
To watch the stars and taste the sea, and a woman to keep him free


Chorus:
E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC        B minorBm     E minorEm
I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land
 C majorC            G+G       A augmentedA          D MajorD
I cleared ten acres and a house I built into the side of the hill