Islands In The Stream Chords & Tabs

by Kenny Rogers

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro:
BPM: 102
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 202, 3, 202, 203, 202, 3, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202]
Verse:
BPM: 102
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101]
Chorus:
BPM: 102
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
|C       |F C     | x2

[Verse]
C                                          
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
C                                           
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
      F                                      C FC
I was soft inside, there was something goin' on
C                                          
You do something to me that I can't explain
C                                        F               
Hold me closer and I feel no pain, ev'ry beat of my heart
                        C
We got something goin' on

[Pre-Chorus]
               Fmaj7                          
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication
Fm                                         
All this love we feel needs no conversation
   C                       
We ride it together, uh huh
        C                          
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

[Chorus]
           C                        F     
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          Dm                          
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          C             F         
Sail away with me to another world
         C                       
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          Dm                  C  
From one lover to another, uh huh

[Verse]
G#                                           
I can't live without you if the love was gone
G#                                     
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
            C#               
And you did walk in the night
                           G#        C# G#
Slowly losin' sight of the real thing
    G#                                         
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
G#                                    
Too deep in love and we got no way out
        C#                                      
And the message is clear, this could be the year
        G#        
For the real thing

[Pre-Chorus]
                 C#maj7                         
No more will you cry. Baby I will hurt you never
   C#m                                        
We start and end as one in love forever we can
G#                      
Ride it together, uh huh
        G#                         
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

[Chorus]
           G#                       C#    
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          A#m                         
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          G#            C#        
Sail away with me to another world
         G#                      
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh

[Bridge]
C# E G#  
Sail away
C#    E             G#     
I can sail away. Be with me

[Chorus]
           G#                       C#    
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          A#m                         
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          G#            C#        
Sail away with me to another world
         G#                      
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh
           G#                       C#    
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          A#m                         
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          G#            C#        
Sail away with me to another world
         G#                      
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh