Island — Heather Nova
Chords and lyrics for Island by Heather Nova (key of G).
Verse 1
Heather Nova: Oyster: Island
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G)]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G)]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am] There are parts of me he'll [C]never know,[G]
[Am] my wild horses and my [C]river beds,[G]
[Am] and in my throat[C] [G] voices he'll [Am]never [C]hear.[G]
[Am] He pulls at me[C] [G] like a [Am]cherry [C]tree,[G]
and I can [Am]still move,[C] but I [G]don't [Am]speak about [C]it.[G]
[Am] Pretend I'm [C]crazy, [G] [Am] pretend I'm [C]dead.[G]
[Am] He's to scared to [C]hit me now[G] -[Am] he'll bring flowers[C] [G]instead.
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to bury you,[C]
[G] somewhere to [Am][C]go[G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am] And the dogwoods shimmer [C] [G] in [Am]October [C]sun,[G]
[Am] "oh sweet thing" he [C]sings to [G]me,
"you're the [Am]only [C]one."[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to bury you,[C]
[G] somewhere
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to bury you,[C]
[G] somewhere to [Am][C]go[G]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G)]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [G)]
[Am]And I don't know why [C] [G] I [Am]can't tell my [C]sister,[G]
he [Am]spat in my face again, [C] [G] [Am]and I don't want to die [C]here.[G]
[Am]You know that dream when your [C]feet won't [G]move,
[Am]you want to come but your [C]body won't [G]let you.
He [Am]steals it from [C]me.[G]
He [Am]steals it from [C]me.[G]
It [Am]shines shines like [C][G]sweat, like [Am][C]jewels,[G]
[Am]like something that has [C]died to [G]soon.
He [Am]fucks with the beauty.[G][C]
A[Am] kiss, a kick, a kiss, a kick, [C] [G] a [Am]kiss kiss kick kick kick [C][G]kick.
He [Am]steals it from me.[G][C]
It's [Am]out of my hands again.[G][C]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to bury you,[C]
[G] somewhere
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone[G]
[Am]I need an island,[C] [G] [Am]somewhere to bury you,[C]
[G] somewhere to [Am][C][G]go[C][Am]
[G] to [Am][C]go[G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[Am]Uuu [C](I [G]need an [Am]island)[G][C]
[Am]Uuu [C](I [G]need an [Am]island)[G][C]
[Am]Uuu [C](I [G]need an island, [Am]somewhere to sink a [C]stone)[G]
[Am]Uuu [C](I [G]need an island, [Am]somewhere to bury you, [C][G]somewhere to go)
(fade out)
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