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[Verse 1]
     G          C           G
Six  years I've been in the desert
          C                    G
And every night I dream of the sea
         G    C              G
They say home   is where you find it
              D     C              G
But will this place   ever satisfy me

[Verse 2]
      G             C          G
For I come from the salt water people
          C            G
We always lived by the sea
        G        C             G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
       D    C           G
With a wife   and a family

[Chorus]
              Em
And my island home
          G
My island home
          D    C                  G
My island home   is a waiting for me

[Verse 3]
       Em          D        G
In the evening the dry wind blows
         G                    C
From the hills and across the plains
  Em       D            G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
     G                C
In a boat on the sea again
        Em           D           G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
               G                          C
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
              D    C                  G
And my island home   is a waiting for me

[Instrumental]
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|G  |C  |G  |   |D  |C  |G  |

[Verse 4]
      G             C          G
For I come from the salt water people
          C            G
We always lived by the sea
        G        C             G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
       D    C           G
With a wife   and a family

[Chorus]
              Em
And my island home
          G
My island home
          D    C                  G
My island home   is a waiting for me

[Verse 5]
       Em          D        G
In the evening the dry wind blows
         G                    C
From the hills and across the plains
  Em       D            G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
     G                C
In a boat on the sea again
        Em           D           G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
               G                          C
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
              D    C                  G
And my island home   is a waiting for me

[Chorus]
              Em
And my island home
          G
My island home
          D    C                  G
My island home   is a waitin’ for me

[Exit Chorus 1]
              Em
And my island home
          G
My island home
          D
My island home
          Am  Em | C
My island home

[Exit Chorus 2] (repeat x3 times)
          G
My island home
          D
My island home
          Am
My island home
          C
My island home

[Finish on]
          Em
My island home