• Song:

    Lady Of The Island

  • Artist:

    Crosby Stills Nash & Young

  • Album:

    Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Lady Of The Island
Written by Graham Nash.
from the Album : Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
Tabbed by Itay Greenberg (itaygreen@gmail.com)


Notes: i know its not the 100% correct version,
the album version requires alternate tuning (Eb)
but this is the way i play the song.



standard tuning


Chords used:

  Eb (x43121@3)   : x688xx
  EbD   : x588xx
  Cm (x3101x@1)   : x35543
  G#m (133111@4)  : 466444
  Gm (355333@1)   : 355333
  Fm (133111@1)   : 133111
  E (022100@1)    : 022100
  EaddBb : 022300


Verse:


Eb (x43121@3)                    EbD

Holding you close, undisturbed before a fire,

    Cm (x3101x@1)                                  G#m (133111@4)The pressure in my chest when you breathe in my ear;

    Gm (355333@1)                            Fm (133111@1)We both knew this would happen when you first appeared,

Gm (355333@1)        Fm (133111@1)My lady of the island.



verse 2 (same as above)

The brownness of your body in the fire glow
Except the places where the sun refused to go.
Our bodies were a perfect fit,
in afterglow we lay, 
My lady of the island.




  E (022100@1)   EaddBb   E (022100@1)  EaddBb        E (022100@1)     EaddBb    Eb (x43121@3)Letting myself wander through the world inside your eyes

  E (022100@1)    EaddBb       E (022100@1)    EaddBb   E (022100@1)   EaddBb    Eb (x43121@3)You know I'd like to stay here until every tear runs dry.



Harmony part:


Eb / F# / Cm / G#m / Gm / Fm / Gm / Fm


Gm (355333@1)       FmMy (133111@1)lady of the island.



verse 3:


Eb (x43121@3)                            EbD

Wrapped around each other in the peeping sun,

Cm (x3101x@1)                                  G#m (133111@4)Beams of sunshine light the stage,  the red light's on.

    Gm (355333@1)                          Fm (133111@1)I never want to finish what I've just begun with you,

    Gm (355333@1)    Fm (133111@1)My lady of the island.


Harmony part 2 :

Gm / Fm / Gm / G#m


End on Eb.

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