Islands
King CrimsonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
start with Cm
Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets fade. Field and glade
wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind to my island.
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies touch my island, touch me.
Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.
20.V.08
Lublin, Poland
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Readable chord sheet for Islands by King Crimson
start with C
Earth, stream and tree enc[Abm]ircled by sea
[F#m]Waves sweep the sand from my i[Abm]sland.
My s[C#m]unsets fade. F[F#m]ield and glade
wait o[Abm]nly for rain
[F#m]Grain after grain love e[Abm]rodes my
High w[C#m]eathered walls which [Abm]fend off the tide
[F#m]Cradle the wind to my i[Abm]sland. [C#m]
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies touch my island, touch me.
[E]Beneath the wind turned w[A]ave
[E]Infinite p[A]eace
[E]Islands join ha[A]nds 'Neathe heaven's s[E]ea.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.
20.V.08
Lublin, Poland