Chords for Celtic Thunder - The Island (Live From Dublin / 2007) ft. Keith Harkin

_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ They [F] say that [C] skies of Lebanon [F] are burning
_ [Gm] _ Those [F] mighty [C] cedars bleeding in [F] the heat
[Gm] _
They're showing [F] pictures [G] on the [F] television
_ [C] _ of women [F] and children [G] dying in the street
_ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] And we're still out here in our own place
Still trying [F] to reach [C] the future through the [F] past
_ _ Still [Bb] trying to carve tomorrow from a _ tombstone _
_ [Gb] But hey, don't listen to [C] me
Cuz [F] this wasn't [Am] meant to be [F] no [Bb] sad song _
_ We've heard [Cm] too much of that [F] before _ _
_ _ _ Right now I only want [C] to be here with you
[Bb] Till the morning [C] dew comes [F] falling in _ _
And I want to take you [Bb] to the _ island
_ _ And trace your footprints [F] in the sand
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ And in the evening when [C] the sun goes down
We [Bb] make love to [C] the sound [F] of the ocean
_ _ _ _ _ _ There isn't banners over by the markets
[C] _
_ _ [F] Whitewashing slogans on our shipyard walls
[D] _ Witch [F] doctors [G] praying for the mighty showdown
[C] _ No way our holy flag is gonna fall _
_ _ _ [Bb] And up here we sacrifice our children
To [F] feed the worn out [Bb] dreams of [F] yesterday
_ _ And teach [Bb] them dying will lead us into _ glory
_ _ [F] But hey, don't listen to me
[C] Cuz [F] this wasn't meant to be no [Bb] sad song
_ _ I've [Cm] sung too much of that [F] before
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ Right now I only want [C] to be here with you
[Bb] Till the morning [C] dew [Bb] comes falling in
[F] _ _ _ And I want to take you to [Bb] the _ island
_ _ And trace your footprints in [F] the sand
[G] _ _ _
[F] And in the evening [C] when there's no one around
We [Bb] make love [C] to the sound [F] of the ocean
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
Now I know [F] us plain [C] folks don't see all this story
_ And I [F] know this [G] peace and love's just [F] carbonite
[C] But I guess [F] these young [G] boys dying in [F] the _ [C]
ditches
Is just [F] what being [G] free is all about
And [Bb] how this twisted wreckage that all men shriek
Will bring [F] us all [C] together [F] in the end
[G] _
[F] Where we'll [Bb] go marching down the road to freedom _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Freedom, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
freedom _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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