• Song:

    Islands Of The Dead

  • Artist:

    Be Bop Deluxe

  • Album:

    Air Age Anthology (disc...

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                Islands Of The Dead - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim

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Beautiful song from the Drastic Plastic sessions.  12 string 
guitar not essential. I have only tabbed the basics here.
Don't forget to tune your bottom E string down to D.

Tuning: DADGBe ( drop 'D' tuning )

|+12+ harmonic
| x   mute note


Intro: Let all strings ring as much as possible...


___G/B_________F___________Em_______D_____( harmonics )____________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------+12+--------------------|
G|---------0----------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----0---------------0----------|----------------+7+-------------|
A|-2---------------0-----------0--|--------------------------------|
E|-------------3-----------2------|-0------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


___G/B_________F___________Em_______D_____( harmonics )____________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------+12+--------------------|
G|---------0----------------------|--------+12+----+7+-------------|
D|-----0---------------0----------|----------------+7+-------------|
A|-2---------------0-----------0--|--------------------------------|
E|-------------3-----------2------|-0------------------------------|


Verse: You can strum how you want to really, this is just a guide. 


___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
        " Come with    me to the    fire            festival "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---0---2------|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3---------------3---3---3------|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
           " Let us burn each other blind "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---0---2------|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3---------------3---3---3------|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
      " Let us dance     let us    dance away "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2-------------------3---2---x--|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3-------------------3---3---3--|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2-------------------2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___A___________________Aadd9________Asus4___________A______________
      " dance 'til the end of       time "
e|-0-------------------0----------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2-------------------0----------|-3---------------2--------------|
G|-2-------------------2----------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2-------------------2----------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0-------------------0----------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
        " Come with    me   to  the islands of the dead "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---0---2------|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3---------------3---3---3------|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
      " to the soul house    to the fire house "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---0---2------|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3---------------3---3---3------|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2---------------2---2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___G6/D_____________________________D______________________________
        " to smoke and ash       of laughter in your head.   sweet... "
e|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2-------------------3---2---x--|
B|-3-----------3-------3----------|-3-------------------3---3---3--|
G|-0-----------0-------0----------|-2-------------------2---2------|
D|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------|



___A_______________________________________________________________
 " laughter        hereafter    everafter    in the islands of the... "
e|-0-------------------0----------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2-------------------2----------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2-------------------2----------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2-------------------2----------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0-------------------0----------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___G6/D___________________________
 " dead... "
e|-0-----------0-------0---0------|---------3----2----0----1----2--|
B|-3-----------3-------3---3------|--------------------------------|
G|-0-----------0-------0---0------|---------4----2----0----1----2--|
D|-0-----------0-------0---0------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-------2---2------|--------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0---0------|-0------------------------------|



___D________________________________D______________________________

e|-2-----------2-------2---2------|/14-----------------------------|
B|-3-----------3-------3---3------|/15-----------------------------|
G|-2-----------2-------2---2------|/14-----------------------------|
D|-0-----------0-------0---0------|-0------------------------------|
A|-0-----------0-------0---0------|-0------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------0---0------|-0------------------------------|



Repeat music from intro.

Repeat verse chord sequence, guitar solo to end.


Lyrics:


Come with me to the fire festival
Let us burn each other blind
Let us dance, let us dance away
Dance 'til the end of time

Come with me to the islands of the dead
To the soul house 
To the fire house
To smoke and ash of laughter in your head. 
Sweet laughter
Hereafter, everafter    
In the islands of the dead

Pack up all your mortal memories
Cloak your soul in sleep
The moon is in the window 
And the wind is in the trees
These things are yours to keep

Oh come with me to the islands of the dead
Let us sail sail
Sail sail away
To smoke and ash of laughter in your head. 
Sweet laughter 
Hereafter, everafter    
In the islands of the dead
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