[Intro] C  F  C
        C  F  C

     C
    Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
                                              C7
    I set out to get you with a fine toothed comb
           F                                     C  F C
    I was soft inside, there was something goin' on

     C
    You do something to me that I can't explain
                                 C7
    Hold me closer and I feel no pain
           F                                     C
    Ev'ry beat of my heart we got something goin on

                    F
    Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication
Fm
    All this love we feel needs no conversation
        C
    We ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, uh huh

         C                       F
Islands in the stream  that is what we are
      Dm
No one in between, how can we be wrong
       C               F
Sail away with me to another world
         C
And we rely on each other, uh huh
         Dm                    C
From one lover to another, uh huh

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    G#
    I can't live without you if the love was gone
                                        G#7
    Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
                C#                                           G#         C# G#
   And you did walk in the night, slowly losin' sight of the real thing

          G#
    But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
                                       G#7
    Too deep in love and we got no way out
             C#                                           G#
    And the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing

                      C#
    No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never
       C#m
    We start and end as one, in love for ever
            G#
    We can ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, un huh

         G#                      C#
Islands in the stream  that is what we are
      A#m
No one in between, how can we be wrong
       G#              C#
Sail away with me to another world
         G#
And we rely on each other, uh huh
         A#m                   G#
From one lover to another, uh huh