Island Chords by Heather Nova

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Yeah, there are parts [C] of me he'll never [G] know _ [A] _
My wild horses [C] and my [G] riverbeds
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And in my [Am] throat, _ [Em] voices [A] he'll never hear [C] He _ [G] _ _ [A] _
pulls at [C] me _ [Em] like [A] a cherry [Am] tree
[G] And [A] I can still move, [C] _ [G] but I don't [A] speak _ [C] about it
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Pretend I'm [C] crazy, [G] _ _ [A] pretend I'm [Am] dead [G] He's _ [A] _
too scared [C] to hit me [Em] now
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He'll bring [C] flowers _ [Em] instead
[A] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [Am] somewhere to sink your [G] soul
_ _ [Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [G] you _ [E] Somewhere to [A] go
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The dogwoods shimmer, _ [G] _ [Am] the October sun
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] Oh, sweet thing, he sings to [G] me, [A] you're the only one
[Am] I [Em] _ _ [Am] _
need an island, [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] somewhere to sink your [G] soul
_ _ _ [Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [G] you _ Somewhere
[Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [Am] somewhere to sink your [G] soul
_ _ [Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [G] you _ [G] Somewhere [F] to go
_ [C] _ Never _ [Am] _ _
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know, _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] I can't tell my sister
_ Cutting _ [Am] _
my face [C] again
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] When I dream, [C] when your feet go [Am] moving, moving
Won't come [C] but you, but it won't let you
[Am] The sails are _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ [C] wet like [Am] jewels
Like something that [C] was dyed and twisted
[Am] And fucked with the beauty
[C] _ A _ [Am] kiss, a kiss, [C] a kiss, a kiss
_ [Am] The _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] sails are from the [C] east
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] I need an island, [G] _ _ _ _ [E] somewhere to sink your [G] soul
_ _ [Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [G] you _ Somewhere
[Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [Am] somewhere to sink your [G] soul
_ _ [Am] I need an [G] island, _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [G] you _ Somewhere [Am] to go
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] I need an island, [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] I need an island, [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] I need an island
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] I need an island, somewhere to sink your [Em] soul
[G] I _ [Am] _
[A] need an island, [G] _ _ _ _ [F] somewhere to bury [Em] you _ Somewhere [Am] to go
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