Chords for Elton John - No Man Is An Island (1980)
Tempo:
100.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
G
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Well, I'll do that then.
Oh, I have here, No Man is an Island by John Donne.
There you go.
It's quite a famous poem.
So you want me to do this, right?
Well, if you think you can do it.
Okay.
Well, a boast has to be exploited, I suppose.
You don't have to think about what's to count.
No, I don't want to think about it at all.
[Bb]
No man [F] is an [C] island [Eb]
[Bb] in tar [F] or sand.
[G] Every man is a piece [C] of a continent, [G]
[Bb] a part of [F] a name.
[Bb] No man is [F] an [C] island [Eb] in [Bb] tar [F] or sand.
[C]
Every [G] man is a [F] piece of a [C] continent, a part of a [F] name.
[G] If a blood be washed away [C] by the sea, [G] Europe [C]
is the last.
[Dm] As well as if [Am] a barman's a river,
[Dm] As well as if a man [C] are all thy [F] friends, all of thine [C] own.
[Dm]
[Eb] [Bb] Any man [F] dare [C] diminishes me,
[Bb] Because I am involved in [C] mankind,
And therefore never [G] to [C] know
For whom [Am] thy bell tolls.
It [F] tolls for [Bb] thee,
Tolls for [G]
thee.
[Bb] No man [F] is an [C] island [Bb] in tar or [C] sand.
Every [F] man is a piece of a [G] continent, a part [F] of a [Bb] name.
[Eb] No man is an [C] island.
I did a solo rendition of a very classic poem there.
[N] John Donovan, you immediately went to the slow ballad tempo.
You can tell almost immediately what tempo you feel it should be, can't you?
Well, it wouldn't be.
[G] No man is an island [Dm] in [C] tar or sand.
It's not one of those, [A] is it, really?
[B] It's a serious piece.
Lovely words.
And you picked out [Abm] one of the stanzas as the [D] chorus automatically.
[Bb] No man is an island.
That was the [Ab] strongest lyric.
No [Gb] man is an island.
It's great.
And is that the way you do it with most of the lyrics sent to you?
You judge what they're
Well, usually it's just
What happens is I don't particularly look at certain lyrics.
Oh, I have here, No Man is an Island by John Donne.
There you go.
It's quite a famous poem.
So you want me to do this, right?
Well, if you think you can do it.
Okay.
Well, a boast has to be exploited, I suppose.
You don't have to think about what's to count.
No, I don't want to think about it at all.
[Bb]
No man [F] is an [C] island [Eb]
[Bb] in tar [F] or sand.
[G] Every man is a piece [C] of a continent, [G]
[Bb] a part of [F] a name.
[Bb] No man is [F] an [C] island [Eb] in [Bb] tar [F] or sand.
[C]
Every [G] man is a [F] piece of a [C] continent, a part of a [F] name.
[G] If a blood be washed away [C] by the sea, [G] Europe [C]
is the last.
[Dm] As well as if [Am] a barman's a river,
[Dm] As well as if a man [C] are all thy [F] friends, all of thine [C] own.
[Dm]
[Eb] [Bb] Any man [F] dare [C] diminishes me,
[Bb] Because I am involved in [C] mankind,
And therefore never [G] to [C] know
For whom [Am] thy bell tolls.
It [F] tolls for [Bb] thee,
Tolls for [G]
thee.
[Bb] No man [F] is an [C] island [Bb] in tar or [C] sand.
Every [F] man is a piece of a [G] continent, a part [F] of a [Bb] name.
[Eb] No man is an [C] island.
I did a solo rendition of a very classic poem there.
[N] John Donovan, you immediately went to the slow ballad tempo.
You can tell almost immediately what tempo you feel it should be, can't you?
Well, it wouldn't be.
[G] No man is an island [Dm] in [C] tar or sand.
It's not one of those, [A] is it, really?
[B] It's a serious piece.
Lovely words.
And you picked out [Abm] one of the stanzas as the [D] chorus automatically.
[Bb] No man is an island.
That was the [Ab] strongest lyric.
No [Gb] man is an island.
It's great.
And is that the way you do it with most of the lyrics sent to you?
You judge what they're
Well, usually it's just
What happens is I don't particularly look at certain lyrics.
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_ Well, I'll do that then.
Oh, I have here, No Man is an Island by John Donne.
There you go.
_ It's quite a famous poem.
_ So you want me to do this, right?
Well, if you think you can do it.
Okay.
Well, a boast has to be exploited, I suppose.
_ You don't have to think about what's to count.
No, I don't want to think about it at all.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
No man [F] is an [C] island _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] in tar [F] or sand.
_ _ [G] Every man is a piece [C] of a continent, [G] _
_ [Bb] _ a part of [F] a name. _ _
_ _ [Bb] No man is [F] an [C] island _ [Eb] in [Bb] tar [F] or sand.
[C]
Every _ [G] _ man is a [F] piece of a [C] continent, _ a part of a [F] name.
_ _ _ _ [G] If a blood be washed away [C] by the sea, [G] Europe [C]
is the last.
_ _ _ [Dm] As well as if [Am] a barman's a river, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ As well as if a man [C] are all thy [F] friends, all of thine _ _ [C] own.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] Any man [F] dare [C] diminishes me,
_ _ _ [Bb] Because I am involved in [C] mankind,
_ _ And therefore never [G] to _ [C] _ know
For whom [Am] thy bell _ tolls.
It [F] tolls for [Bb] thee,
_ Tolls for _ [G]
thee.
_ _ [Bb] No man [F] is an [C] island _ _ [Bb] in tar or [C] sand. _ _
_ Every [F] man is a piece of a [G] continent, _ a part [F] of a [Bb] name.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] No man is an [C] island.
_ _ I did a solo rendition of a very classic poem there.
[N] John Donovan, you immediately went to the slow ballad tempo.
You can tell almost immediately what tempo you feel it should be, can't you?
Well, it wouldn't be.
[G] No man is an island [Dm] _ in [C] tar or sand.
It's not one of those, [A] is it, really?
[B] It's a serious piece.
Lovely words.
And you picked out [Abm] one of the stanzas as the [D] chorus automatically.
[Bb] No man is an island.
That was the [Ab] strongest lyric.
No [Gb] man is an island.
It's great.
And is that the way you do it with most of the lyrics sent to you?
You judge what they're_
Well, usually it's just_
What happens is I don't particularly look at certain lyrics.
Oh, I have here, No Man is an Island by John Donne.
There you go.
_ It's quite a famous poem.
_ So you want me to do this, right?
Well, if you think you can do it.
Okay.
Well, a boast has to be exploited, I suppose.
_ You don't have to think about what's to count.
No, I don't want to think about it at all.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
No man [F] is an [C] island _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] in tar [F] or sand.
_ _ [G] Every man is a piece [C] of a continent, [G] _
_ [Bb] _ a part of [F] a name. _ _
_ _ [Bb] No man is [F] an [C] island _ [Eb] in [Bb] tar [F] or sand.
[C]
Every _ [G] _ man is a [F] piece of a [C] continent, _ a part of a [F] name.
_ _ _ _ [G] If a blood be washed away [C] by the sea, [G] Europe [C]
is the last.
_ _ _ [Dm] As well as if [Am] a barman's a river, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ As well as if a man [C] are all thy [F] friends, all of thine _ _ [C] own.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] Any man [F] dare [C] diminishes me,
_ _ _ [Bb] Because I am involved in [C] mankind,
_ _ And therefore never [G] to _ [C] _ know
For whom [Am] thy bell _ tolls.
It [F] tolls for [Bb] thee,
_ Tolls for _ [G]
thee.
_ _ [Bb] No man [F] is an [C] island _ _ [Bb] in tar or [C] sand. _ _
_ Every [F] man is a piece of a [G] continent, _ a part [F] of a [Bb] name.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] No man is an [C] island.
_ _ I did a solo rendition of a very classic poem there.
[N] John Donovan, you immediately went to the slow ballad tempo.
You can tell almost immediately what tempo you feel it should be, can't you?
Well, it wouldn't be.
[G] No man is an island [Dm] _ in [C] tar or sand.
It's not one of those, [A] is it, really?
[B] It's a serious piece.
Lovely words.
And you picked out [Abm] one of the stanzas as the [D] chorus automatically.
[Bb] No man is an island.
That was the [Ab] strongest lyric.
No [Gb] man is an island.
It's great.
And is that the way you do it with most of the lyrics sent to you?
You judge what they're_
Well, usually it's just_
What happens is I don't particularly look at certain lyrics.