Island Song chords by Edwin Mccain

Chords with lyrics

The Island Song
by Bruce Crichton
as performed by Edwin McCain and Larry Chaney
Tabbed by Matt Cunningham ([email protected])

Open E MajorE tuning Dropped one whole step -- open D MajorD
(same tuning as "She Talks to Angels" by the Black Crowes

low to high D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD

Chords
Key of D MajorD major

    D MajorD    C# minor 6C#m6   C majorC    Bm7Bm7    G+G   Em7sus4   F#m6F#m6
 d------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
 a------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
f#-----12--------10-------10-------10---------5---------3---------3--|
 d------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
 a------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
 D-----12--------11-------10--------9---------5---------2---------4--|

the song is basically a descending open chord
pattern that changes tempo during choruses and
interludes it's really simple, just stay in the rhythm
and I might add, a great song by a, sadly, little known songwriter

D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my love
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you can't take back what you gave away
D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my heart
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you know the memory remains
    D MajorD
of the moonlit nights
    C# minor 6C#m6
and the stars were high
      C majorC             Bm7Bm7
you can see Savannah shine across the waves
 D MajorD
dance along the shore
C# minor 6C#m6
take our time for more
C majorC                   Bm7Bm7
and all along you know our hearts will sing
D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my love
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you can't take back what you gave away
D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my heart
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you know the memory remains
D MajorD      C# minor 6C#m6
and I loved you
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
from the moment we first met
D MajorD      C# minor 6C#m6
thinkin of you
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
and I never will forget
     D MajorD
and the feeling
    C# minor 6C#m6
had me reeling
    C majorC
I can't believe it
    Bm7Bm7
it's so easy
G+G    F#m6F#m6   Em7sus4
to be free
    D MajorD
of the moonlit nights
    C# minor 6C#m6
and the stars were high
   C majorC                Bm7Bm7
you can see Savannah shine across the waves
    D MajorD
I know you must move on
   C# minor 6C#m6
and I will carry on
      C majorC     Bm7Bm7
as long as the memory remains
D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my love
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you can't take back what you gave away
D MajorD         C# minor 6C#m6
you can leave the island
C majorC           Bm7Bm7
but you can't leave my heart
G+G         F#m6F#m6       Em7sus4
you know the memory remains

 jam on the chords
 the rest of the lyrics are ad libbed

the feeling rarely ever fades

and how I wish the you could stay