Artist:     King Crimson
Song:       Islands
Album:      Islands
Tabbed by:  Wiktor R. Kolowiecki
E-mail:     variat11@gmail.com


Verse1: start with C#m

                          Abm
Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
F#m                           Abm
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
    C#m           F#m
My sunsets fade. Field and glade 
      Abm
wait only for rain
F#m                     Abm
Grain after grain love erodes my
      C#m                  Abm
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
F#m                    Abm     C#m
Cradle the wind to my island.

Verse2:

Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies touch my island, touch me.

Chorus:

E                        A
Beneath the wind turned wave
E         A
Infinite peace
E              A                     E
Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.

Verse3:

Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.






                               20.V.08
                         Lublin, Poland