Islands

Intro: Dm C (2x)

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

               C                 
Its like I'm standing on the edge 
              Dm
with just a telephone wire
           Bb                    
Trying to get to you first to say 
      F
the world's on fire
 C                          
Holding my breath until I know 
Dm                             Bb
you're alright because the water 
will only rise
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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                    
If you keep em at bay that way no 
                  C
one's gonna surprise you by getting 
too close
Dm                   C
    Anybody but me though
               Bb
You've made exceptions to you rules
C                                
    And now we're staring down 
F           Am                   
truth neither one of us wants to 
B
know

               C                 
Its like I'm standing on the edge 
              Dm
with just a telephone wire
           Bb                    
Trying to get to you first to say 
      F
the world's on fire
 C                          
Holding my breath until I know 
Dm                             Bb
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       
And see for yourself the horizon 
          C         Dm
is all we have
Bb            F             C   
     The horizon is all we have
    Dm   Bb


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