Island

Another tune I couldn't find on here, so have subbed how I play it,

the Drun is just a D chord played slowly down then back up,

play with it yourself, see what feels and sounds right for you.

I have probably made a pile of mistakes on this one, but if it

prompts someone else to submit a better version, everyone wins.

As always any mistukes, feck ups or otherwise are mine,

if you like it, go on, go mad RATE IT !

- flatwound -

They say the skies of Lebanon are burning

Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat

They're showing pictures on the tele-vision

D A Drun

Women and children dying in the street

Now we're still at it in our own place

D A Drun

Still trying to reach the future through the past, Still tryin' to

Carve tomorrow from a tombstone

But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be no sad song

We've heard too much of that before

Right now I only want to be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling

I wanna take you to the island and trace your footprints in the sand

And in the evening when the sun goes down

We'll make love to the sound of the ocean

They're raising battles over by the markets

Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard wall

Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown

D A D run

The way a holy flag is gonna fall

G D A D run

Up here we sacrifice our children,To feed the,Worn out dreams of yesterday

And teach them "Dying will lead us into Glory"

But hey don't listen to me, This wasn't meant to be a sad song

We've heard too much of that before

Right now I only wanna be here with you 'til the morning dew comes falling

CHORUS....I wanna take you to the island etc

I know us plain folks don't see all the story

I know peace and love's just copping out

I guess these young boys dying in the ditches

D A Drun

That's just what being free is all about

How this twisted wreckage down on Main Street

D A Drun

Will bring us all together in the end

As we go marching down the road to freedom... Freedom