Islands – Rough Gem (Ukulele)

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"Rough Gem is a song so insidiously infectious that trepanation may be the only way to it out of your head" - Pitchfork Media Intro Chords F#/C#/G#m/B F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B

F#                     Ebm
The world beat you for something nice

C#               B
You worked hard, died poor

F#                Ebm
You mined what you died for

C#       F#    B     C#
Diamonds di di di di di uh

F#                 Ebm
You can whistle my name

B
It's the mines, in Africa

C#
That are to blame

F#
You can Scoop out my brain

Ebm                          B          C#
Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain

F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B

F#                       Ebm
I've been awake from the first day

B             C#
Stayed awake, stayed awake

F#                       Ebm
The rabbit linked up to the whole moon

B       C#
Longer, short road

Pre Breakdown: (in arpeggios) F#/B/Ebm/C# F#/C#/G#m/B instrumental: F#/B/Ebm/C#

F#
Dig deep but don't dig too deep

C#                                    G#m             B
When it's late you'll see the hole is empty and oh so deadly

F#                                C#
They want me raw and smooth like glass

                                      G#m
They want it fast but they don't want flaws

I'm a girl's best friend

B
Can you cut, I can cut, 'cause I'm a rough gem

F#/C#/G#m/B

F#                 B
who lives in those lights in the distance?

Ebm                           C#
why didntyou tell me the rain would help you out

F#             B
I had a dream, it was all a dream

Ebm                       C#                   F#
But it was ruined by the sun shining in through me