This is my very first tab. I didn't see this up anywhere and I figured it out a while
so I figured I would go ahead and put it up :)

I play F#m like 200222, but if you don't like that, you can just
play Dmaj7 = xx0222 in it's place


Intro: just play A for 4 measures
Verse 1:
       A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)        DI (xx0232@1)will live my life as a lobsterman's wife
      A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)  Eon (022100@1)an island in the blue bay.
        A (x02220@1)          EHe (022100@1)will take care of me,
        F#m (244222@1)          Dhe (xx0232@1)will smell like the sea,
    A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)close to my heart he'll always stay.

       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)       DI (xx0232@1)will bear three girls all with strawberry curls,
       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)   Elittle (022100@1)Ella and Nelly and Faye.
          A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)          DWhile (xx0232@1)I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
       A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)         AOn (x02220@1)our island in the blue bay.

Chorus:
     E (022100@1)                    F#m (244222@1) AFar (x02220@1)away far away, I want to go far away.
     A (x02220@1)               ETo (022100@1)a new life on a new shore line.
          E (022100@1)                   F#m (244222@1)      AWhere (x02220@1)the water is blue and the people are new.
     E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)            ATo (x02220@1)another island, in another life.
Verse 2:
          A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)      DThere's (xx0232@1)a boy next to me and he never will be
   A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)  Eanything (022100@1)but a boy at the bar.
      A (x02220@1)            EAnd (022100@1)I think he's the tops,
           F#m (244222@1)      Dhe's (xx0232@1)where everything stops.
      A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)  EHow (022100@1)I love to love him from afar.

        A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)   DWhen (xx0232@1)he walks right pass me then I finally see
       A (x02220@1)                Eon (022100@1)this bar stool I can't stay.
       A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)       DSo (xx0232@1)I'm taking my frown to a far distant town
      A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)         AOn (x02220@1)an island in the blue bay.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
AI (x02220@1)want to go far away.
F#m (244222@1)                             EAway (022100@1)away, I want to go far away, away, away
                 AI (x02220@1)want to go far away, far away.
Interlude:E, F#m, A, E, F#m (chords from 1st half of chorus)

          E (022100@1)                   F#m (244222@1)      AWhere (x02220@1)the water is blue and the people are new.
        E (022100@1)                   F#m (244222@1)  ATo (x02220@1)another life, to another life.
        ETo (022100@1)another shore line
D (xx0232@1) Dm (xx0231@1)                 (End on A)
In another life.