[Intro for ukulele]E|-0-2-3-2---------------------------| B|---------4-2-4-0---2---0---4-0-----| G|-----------------4---2---------3---| D|-----------------------------------|Bm B2 Gm Bb6/G An old man by a seashore At the end of dayA4 G A Bm Gazes the horizon With seawinds in his faceBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Tempest-tossed island Seasons all the sameA4 G A Bm Anchorage unpainted And a ship without a nameBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Sea without a shore for the banished one unheardA4 G A Bm He lightens the beacon, light at the end of worldBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Showing the way lighting hope in their heartsContinues after the adA4 G A Bm The ones on their travels homeward from afar [Chorus]G D A Bm G D Em Bm This is for long-for-got-ten light at the end of the wor--ldG D A Bm G D Em Ho-ri-zon cry-ing the tears he left behind long agoBm B2 Gm Bb6/G The albatross is flying Making him daydreamA4 G A Bm The time before he became One of the world's unseenBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Princess in the tower, Children in the fieldsA4 G A Bm Life gave him it all: An island of the universeBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Now his love's a memory A ghost in the fogA4 G A Bm He sets the sails one last time Saying farewell to the worldBm B2 Gm Bb6/G Anchor to the water Seabed far belowA4 G A Bm Grass still in his feet And a smile beneath his brow [Chorus]G D A Bm G D Em Bm This is for long-for-got-ten light at the end of the wor--ldG D A Bm G D Em Ho-ri-zon cry-ing the tears he left behind long ago
The Islander
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