Islands In The Stream chords
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers 1983 (The Bee Gees)
https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-islands-in-the-stream-by-dolly-parton/
[C] [F] / [C] 2x
[Verse 1] (Kenny)
[C] [C6] [C]
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
[C6] [C7]
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
[F] [C] [C] [F] / [C]
I was soft inside, there was something going on.
[Verse 2] (Both)
[C] [C6] [C]
You do something to me that I can't explain
[C6] [C7] [F]
Hold me closer and I feel no pain, every beat of my heart
[C]
We got something going on.
[Pre-chorus] (Kenny)
[C] [Fmaj7]
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication.
(Both)
[Fm]
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[C]
We ride it together, uh huh
Making love with each other, uh huh.
Chorus
[C]
Islands in the stream
[C6] [F]
That is what we are
[Dm] [Dm7]
No one in between how can we be wrong?
[C] [C6] [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.
[Verse 3] (Dolly)
[Ab]
I can't live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothing if you got no one
[Db]
And you did walk in the night
[Ab]
Slowly losing sight of the real thing.
[Verse 4] (Both)
[Ab]
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
[Db]
And the message is clear
[Ab]
This could be the year for the real thing.
[Pre-chorus] (Dolly)
[Ab] [Dbmaj7]
No more will you cry, baby I will hurt you never.
(Both)
[Dbm]
We start and end as one in love forever
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
We can ride it together, uh huh
[Db] [Ab]
Making love with each other, uh huh.
Chorus
[Ab]
Islands in the stream
[Db]
That is what we are
[Bbm] [Bbm7]
No one in between how can we be wrong?
[Ab] [Db]
Sail away with me to another world
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
And we rely on each other, uh huh
[Bbm] [Ab]
From one lover to another, uh huh.
Instrumental
[Db] [E] [Gb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [E] [Gb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
Chorus
[Ab]
Islands in the stream
[Db]
That is what we are
[Bbm] [Bbm7]
No one in between how can we be wrong?
[Ab] [Db]
Sail away with me to another world
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
And we rely on each other, uh huh
[Db] [Ab]
From one lover to another, uh huh.
[Ab]
Islands in the stream
[Db]
That is what we are
[Bbm] [Bbm7]
No one in between how can we be wrong?
[Ab] [Db]
Sail away with me to another world
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
And we rely on each other, uh huh
[Bbm] [Ab]
From one lover to another, uh huh. . . .
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