Instruments
| C | Csus4 C | C | Csus4 C |
Verse 1
| C | C |Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown| C | C |I set out to get you with a fine-tooth comb | F | F | C | Csus4 C |I was soft inside there was something goin' on
Verse 2
| C | C |You do something to me that I can't explain| C | C | Hold me closer and I feel no pain | F | F | C | C |Every beat of my heart we got something goin' on
Pre-Hook
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 |Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication| Fm | Fm | All this love we feel needs no conversation | C | C |We ride it together, ah-ah | C | C |Makin' love with each other, ah-ah
Hook
| C | F |Islands in the stream, that is what we are | Dm7 | Dm7 |No one in between, how can we be wrong? | C | F |Sail away with me to another world | C | C |And we rely on each other, ah-ah | Dm7 | C | C |From one lover to another, ah-ah
Verse 3
key down to Ab| Ab | Ab |I can't live without you if the love was gone| Ab | Ab |Everything is nothing if you got no one | Db | Db | Ab | Absus4 Ab |And you just walk in the night slowly losing sight of the real thing
Verse 4
| Ab | Ab |But that won't happen to us, and we got no doubt| Ab | Ab | Too deep in love, and we got no way out | Db | Db | Ab | Ab |And the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing
Pre-Hook
| Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never | Dbm | Dbm |We start and end as one, in love forever | Ab | Ab |We can ride it together, ah-ah | Ab | Ab |Makin' love with each other, ah-ah
Hook
| Ab | Db |Islands in the stream, that is what we are | Bbm7 | Bbm7 |No one in between, how can we be wrong? | Ab | Db |Sail away with me to another world | Ab | Ab |And we rely on each other, ah-ah | Bbm7 | Ab |From one lover to another, ah-ah
Bridge
| Db | E | Ab | Absus4 Ab | Sail away| Db | E | Ab | Ab |Oh, come sail away with me
Hook
key up to C| Ab | Db |Islands in the stream, that is what we are | Bbm7 | Bbm7 |No one in between, how can we be wrong? | Ab | Db |Sail away with me to another world | Ab | Ab |And we rely on each other, ah-ah | Bbm7 | Ab | Ab |From one lover to another, ah-ah
Hook
| Ab | Db |Islands in the stream, that is what we are | Bbm7 | Bbm7 |No one in between, how can we be wrong? | Ab | Db |Sail away with me to another world | Ab | Ab |And we rely on each other, ah-ah | Bbm7 | Ab | Ab |From one lover to another, ah-ah
Ending
Fade
