Chords for Back Home On The Island, Alan Doyle & Sandy Morris, Night Of A Thousand Songs Ron Hynes Benefit Show

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_ [Db] [Eb] Back _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
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[C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ home on [Fm] the [Ab] island, [Db] people are [Eb] remembering [Ab] the days _
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] That you [F] and daddy, [Bb] _ smiles came [Eb] on the face
Of [Db] _ _ _ _ what's [Eb] stolen in [Ab] that old sound blaster [F] house window
[Bb] To every heart and every cold, [Eb] like the devil outside [Cm] your _ [Eb]
door
[Ab] _ Back home on the island, _
_ [Db] watching [G] the sun [Ab] go down
[Fm] _
[Db] There used to be a [Ab] mighty big fish in the [F]
clouds
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Db] All the children came to pick the [Eb] green
[Ab] One who's left [Eb] on the beach [F] was a little too mean
[Bb] Now he's on a boat, he's just a pale shade of green
[Eb] And she's laying up [Cm] on the [Eb] sand
[Db] And if you think that's a joke, well let me [Eb] tell you brother
[Ab] That I don't see nothing [F] to laugh about
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Here they got a [Ab] few jobs left [C] on the [Ab] mainland
On [Fm] the island, [Ab] _
_ [Db] awaking [Eb] to another [Ab] day _ _
_ [Db] Thinking that there's [Ab] gotta be a better [C]
way
Than [Bb] just strong and welfare [Eb] _ pay
[Db] Kids _ are in school so they don't get [Eb]
fooled
[Ab] And they won't be dependent [F] on those fishing tools
[Bb] They'll do them just as good as any golden rule
[Eb] _ _ After [Cm] everything's said and [Ab] done
_ _ [Eb] So [Fm] _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] you go [Ab] downtown and you [Db] stand [Eb] and stare
[Ab] While you chug a [Eb] rum of [F] that Canadian beer
[Bb] You laugh out loud like you were some kind of lucky [Eb] man
You keep going [Ab] and you go to [Eb] the mainland
[Ab] _ Back home on [Fm] the island, [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] sharing a [Ab] place
_ _ [Db] It used to be [Eb] a place [Ab] where the fishermen [F] gathered
[Bb] Down to all the [Eb] mammal bees
So [Db] we could [Ab] all drink a toast to [Db] the boys [Eb] up the hill
[Ab] Plus we didn't [Eb] give a damn [Fm] and we [Cm] never will
But [Bb] they lived here then and they'll be living here still
[Eb] Just watching [Ab] that ocean roll
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_ [Fm] _ _ Yeah!
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_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ Woo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ -hoo! _ _