Nightwish - The islander Bm B9 Mm B* A G D |---2------2------0------0------0------3------2----| |---3------2------0------3------2------3(0)-- 3----| |---4------4------0------4------2------0------2----| |---4------4------2------4------2------0------0----| |---2------2------2------2------0------2------0----| |---x------x------0------x------x------3------x----| Bm B9 An old man by a seashore Mm B* At the end of day A G Gazes the horizon A Bm With seawinds in his face Bm B9 Tempest-tossed island Mm B* Seasons all the same A G Anchorage unpainted A Bm And a ship without a name Bm B9 Mm B* Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard A G A Bm He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world Bm B9 Mm B* Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts A G A Bm The ones on their travels homeward from afar [CHOURS] Bm G D A Bm This is for long-forgotten Gm D Em Bm Light at the end of the world Gm D A Bm Horizon crying Gm D Em The tears he left behind long ago Bm B9 The albatross is flying Mm B* Making him daydream A G The time before he became A Bm One of the world's unseen Bm B9 Princess in the tower Mm B* Children in the fields A G Life gave him it all: A Bm An island of the universe Bm B9 Now his love's a memory Mm B* A ghost in the fog A G He sets the sails one last time A Bm Saying farewell to the world Bm B9 Anchor to the water Mm B* Seabed far below A G Grass still in his feet A Bm And a smile beneath his brow [CHOURS - End] Bm G D A Bm This is for long-forgotten G D Em Bm Light at the end of the world G D A Bm Horizon crying G D Em The tears he left behind so long ago