Edwin McCain – Island Song (Guitar)
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The Island Song
by Bruce Crichton
as performed by Edwin McCain and Larry Chaney
Tabbed by Matt Cunningham ([email protected])
Open E tuning Dropped one whole step -- open D
(same tuning as "She Talks to Angels" by the Black Crowes
low to high D A D F# A D
Chords
Key of D major
D C#m6 C Bm7 G Em7sus4 F#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 C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my love G F#m6 Em7sus4 you can't take back what you gave away D C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my heart G F#m6 Em7sus4 you know the memory remains D of the moonlit nights C#m6 and the stars were high C Bm7 you can see Savannah shine across the waves D dance along the shore C#m6 take our time for more C Bm7 and all along you know our hearts will sing D C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my love G F#m6 Em7sus4 you can't take back what you gave away D C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my heart G F#m6 Em7sus4 you know the memory remains D C#m6 and I loved you C Bm7 from the moment we first met D C#m6 thinkin of you C Bm7 and I never will forget D and the feeling C#m6 had me reeling C I can't believe it Bm7 it's so easy G F#m6 Em7sus4 to be free D of the moonlit nights C#m6 and the stars were high C Bm7 you can see Savannah shine across the waves D I know you must move on C#m6 and I will carry on C Bm7 as long as the memory remains D C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my love G F#m6 Em7sus4 you can't take back what you gave away D C#m6 you can leave the island C Bm7 but you can't leave my heart G F#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