Intro: Dm C (2x)

Dm                        C
    Waiting for the bus stop
Dm                                  C
    Waiting for the concrete black top to settle down
Dm                            C             Bb
    Long enough for me to get off and get a little ground
Dm                          C
    I'm ready for the sea change
Dm                                    C
    Helpless felt this coming from a mile away
Dm                                 C                Bb                  C
    And now you're looking at me, babe, and how well separate if we can
                            F        Am                    Bb
Cause I still count on one hand the number of good men I know

               C                               Dm
Its like I'm standing on the edge with just a telephone wire
           Bb                          F
Trying to get to you first to say the world's on fire
 C                          Dm                             Bb
Holding my breath until I know you're alright because the water will only rise
When will you realize

C                         Dm
    You must become an island
Bb                        F
    You must become an island
C                         Dm
    You must become an island
     Bb
And see for yourself that that's what I am

Dm C (2x)

Dm                              C
    You always dirty up the windows
           Dm                                      C
If you keep em at bay that way no one's gonna surprise you by getting too close
Dm                   C
    Anybody but me though
               Bb
You've made exceptions to you rules
C                                F           Am                   B
    And now we're staring down truth neither one of us wants to know

               C                               Dm
Its like I'm standing on the edge with just a telephone wire
           Bb                          F
Trying to get to you first to say the world's on fire
 C                          Dm                             Bb
Holding my breath until I know you're alright because the water will only rise
When will you realize

C                         Dm
    You must become an island
Bb                        F
    You must become an island
C                         Dm
    You must become an island
     Bb                   F                 C         Dm
And see for yourself the horizon is all we have
Bb            F             C       Dm   Bb
     The horizon is all we have

C                                Dm                            Bb
     Holding my breath until I know you're alright because the water will only rise