Voice Of My Island chords by Gaberlunzie

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G      D MajorD     E minorEm      C majorC
Sad is my heart as I stand on the shore

G+G               C majorC     D MajorD
Thinking of friends who will see me no more

G+G       D MajorD       E minorEm    C majorC
Watching the waves as they thunder and roar

   G+G       D MajorD     C majorC G+G
And sing with the voice of my island

Chorus:

D MajorD            G+G
Mull of my heart, my island my home

   C majorC     G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam

   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm     C majorC
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn

  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
No more I'll return to my island

Verse 2:

G+G         D MajorD     E minorEm   C majorC
Bunessan's bold beauty to history clings

     G+G          C majorC    D MajorD
While Fionnphort guard fair Iona of kings

     G+G       D MajorD      E minorEm   C majorC
O'er the high rocks of Gribun the peregrine wings

   G+G        D MajorD     C majorC G+G
And sings with the voice of my island

Chorus:

D MajorD            G+G
Mull of my heart, my island my home

   C majorC     G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam

   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm     C majorC
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn

  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
No more I'll return to my island

Verse 3:

G+G         D MajorD       E minorEm    C majorC
From Dervaig to Salen, where friendships abound

    G+G            C majorC      D MajorD
Let mighty Ben More guard the peace that I found

      G+G      D MajorD     E minorEm      C majorC
Where the Forsa's dark waters pour down to the sound

   G+G       D MajorD     C majorC G+G
And sing with the voice of my island

Chorus:

D MajorD            G+G
Mull of my heart, my island my home

   C majorC     G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam

   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm    C majorC
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn

  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
No more I'll return to my island

Verse 4:

G+G         D MajorD    E minorEm   C majorC
But now I stand silent on Calgary Bay

   G+G             C majorC    D MajorD
The mighty ships waiting their anchor to weigh

  G+G        D MajorD     E minorEm      C majorC
We sail for the west-land at break of the day

   G+G       D MajorD     C majorC G+G
Far away from the voice of my island

Chorus:

 D MajorD            G+G
Mull of my heart, my island my home

   C majorC     G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam

   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm    C majorC
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn

  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
No more I'll return to my island

Verse 5:

G+G        D MajorD       E minorEm      C majorC
Years have gone by cause they never stand still

   G+G               C majorC      D MajorD
The wild winds have crumbled the crofts on the hill

   G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm      C majorC
The old folk are gone but the young lingers on

   G+G       D MajorD       C majorC G+G
And thrill to the voice of their island

Chorus:

D MajorD            G+G
Mull of my heart, my island my home

   C majorC     G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam

   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm     C majorC
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn

  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
No more I'll return to my island