Gerry Rafferty – Island (Guitar)

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As recorded by Gerry Rafferty (From the 1978 Album CITY TO CITY) [Intro] | F | C | F | Bb | % | % | | F | % | % | C | F | Bb | | Bb | % | F | % | % | [Verse 1]
F           C   F             Bb                            F
Wake up my love, the sun is shinin' out there, blue sky up above

                  C  F               Bb                                          F
It's a brand new day, let's walk outside and let that breeze blow all our cares away
[Chorus]
F             C                      Dm
You know that way back there in that city life

           Bb               F
We've been strangers for so long

C                      Dm
Now that I feel like I know you again

Bb F            C
Iiiii want to stay
[Verse 2]
F         C       F               Bb                                    F
So long ago (yeah), we had a love so warm and bright when we had just begun

                 C     F                  Bb                            F
That was my last dream, since then I've watched the rest crumble one by one
[Chorus]
F                C                        Dm
Since we've been runnin' silent yeah it's feels so right

             Bb              F
It's gettin' closer now everyday

C                      Dm
Now that I feel like I knew you again

Bb F            C
Iiiii want to stay
[Sax Solo] | F | C | F | Bb | % | % | | F | % | % | C | F | Bb | | Bb | % | F | % | % | [Chorus]
F             C                 Dm
You know that on my own I don't make it alone

       Bb                F
I need someone who needs me

C                Dm
I only know that wherever you are

Bb F          C
Iiiii want to be
[Verse 3]
F            C  F         Bb                                    F
But from now on, we won't worry about a thing, yeah the past is gone

                  C        F                  Bb                         F
This is our last day (yeah), we're gonna make sweet love before we sail away
[Outro] | F | C | Dm | Bb | F | C | | Dm | Bb | F | C | % | Bb | | F | C | % | Bb | F | | C | % | % | Bb | F | C | % | | Bb | F | C | % | Bb | F | | C | % | Bb | F | C | % | Bb |