(intro 2x) C F C 

      C
    Baby when I met you there was peace unknown,
                                                                  C7
    I set out to get you with a fine toothed comb,
               F                                                          C      F  C
    I was soft inside, there was something goin? on.

       C
    You do something to me that I can't explain,
                                                  C7
    hold me closer and I feel no pain,
               F                                                            C
    ev'ry beat of my heart we got something goin on.

                             F
    Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication,
Fm
    all this love we feel needs no conversation.
           C
    We ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, uh huh.

             C                                   F
Islands in the stream  that is what we are,
           Dm
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
            C                        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.

(orig. moves up half a step to capo 1st here)

    G
    I can't live without you if the love was gone,
                                                          G7
    ev'rything is nothing if you got no one,
                         C                                                               G            C   G
   and you did walk in the night, slowly losin? sight of the real thing.

             G
    But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt,
                                                              G7
    too deep in love and we got no way out,
                    C                                                                       G
    and the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing.

                                 C
    No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never,
          Cm
    we start and end as one, in love for ever,
                  G
    we can ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, un huh.

             G                                  C
Islands in the stream  that is what we are,
           Am
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
            G                       C
Sail away with me to another world,
                G
and we rely on each other, uh huh,
               Am                            G
from one lover to another, uh huh.