• Song:

    The Islander

  • Artist:

    Nightwish

  • Album:

    Dark Passion Play (Coll...

Nightwish - The islander
    Bm (x24432@1)   B9 (x2122x@1)  Mm      B*     A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)    D|---2------2------0------0------0------3------2----| (xx0232@1)|---3------2------0------3------2------3(0)-- 3----|
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   Bm (x24432@1)                   B9An (x2122x@1)old man by a seashore 

Mm             B*
At the end of day 

A (x02220@1)              GGazes (320003@1)the horizon 

     A (x02220@1)            BmWith (x24432@1)seawinds in his face 

Bm (x24432@1)            B9Tempest-tossed (x2122x@1)island 

Mm              B*
Seasons all the same 

A (x02220@1)               GAnchorage (320003@1)unpainted 

      A (x02220@1)             BmAnd (x24432@1)a ship without a name 


Bm (x24432@1)            B9 (x2122x@1)         Mm               B*
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard 

   A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)             BmHe (x24432@1)lightens the beacon, light at the end of world 

Bm (x24432@1)        B9 (x2122x@1)          Mm            B*
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts 

   A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)         BmThe (x24432@1)ones on their travels homeward from afar 


[CHOURS]
Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)This is for long-forgotten 

Gm (355333@1)         D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)  BmLight (x24432@1)at the end of the world 



   Gm (355333@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) BmHorizon (x24432@1)crying 

    Gm (355333@1)            D (xx0232@1)         EmThe (022000@1)tears he left behind long ago 


  Bm (x24432@1)           B9The (x2122x@1)albatross is flying 
 
     Mm        B*
Making him daydream 

        A (x02220@1)        GThe (320003@1)time before he became 

      A (x02220@1)            BmOne (x24432@1)of the world's unseen 

Bm (x24432@1)              B9Princess (x2122x@1)in the tower 

  Mm             B*
Children in the fields 

A (x02220@1)              GLife (320003@1)gave him it all: 

    A (x02220@1)                BmAn (x24432@1)island of the universe 

Bm (x24432@1)            B9Now (x2122x@1)his love's a memory 

  Mm           B*
A ghost in the fog 

    A (x02220@1)                GHe (320003@1)sets the sails one last time 

    A (x02220@1)               BmSaying (x24432@1)farewell to the world 

Bm (x24432@1)          B9Anchor (x2122x@1)to the water 

Mm           B*
Seabed far below 

   A (x02220@1)         GGrass (320003@1)still in his feet 

          A (x02220@1)             BmAnd (x24432@1)a smile beneath his brow 


[CHOURS - End]
Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)BmThis (x24432@1)is for long-forgotten 



  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)   BmLight (x24432@1)at the end of the world 

G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) BmHorizon (x24432@1)crying 

   G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)           EmThe (022000@1)tears he left behind so long ago


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