Tone: [C]
Verse:
[C]Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
[C]I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
I was [F]soft inside, there was something goin' [C]on [F] [C]
[C]You do something to me that I can't explain
[C] Hold me closer and I feel no pain, ev'ry [F]beat of my heart
We got something goin' o[C]on
Pre-chorus:
Tender love is [Fmaj7]blind, it requires a dedication
[Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation
We [C]ride it together, uh huh
Makin' l[C]love with each other, uh huh
Chorus:
Islands in [C]the stream, that is what [F]we are
No one in [Dm]between, how can we be wrong
Sail away [C]with me to ano[F]another world
And we re[C]rely on each other, uh huh
From one l[Dm]lover to another, uh [C]huh
Verse:
[Ab]I can't live without you if the love was gone
[Ab]Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
And you did [Db]walk in the night
Slowly losin' sight of the [Ab]real thing [Db] [Ab]
But [Ab]that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
[Ab] Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the [Db]message is clear, this could be the year
For the [Ab]real thing
Pre-chorus:
No more will you [Dbmaj7]cry. Baby I will hurt you never
We [Dbm]start and end as one in love forever we can
[Ab]Ride it together, uh huh
Makin' l[Ab]love with each other, uh huh
Chorus:
Islands in [Ab]the stream, that is what [Db]we are
No one in [Bbm]between, how can we be wrong
Sail away [Ab]with me to ano[Db]another world
And we re[Ab]rely on each other, uh huh
From one l[Bbm]lover to another, uh [Ab]huh
Bridge:
[Db] [E] [Ab] Sail away
[Db] I can [E]sail away. Be [Ab]with me
Chorus:
Islands in [Ab]the stream, that is what [Db]we are
No one in [Bbm]between, how can we be wrong
Sail away [Ab]with me to ano[Db]another world
And we re[Ab]rely on each other, uh huh
From one l[Bbm]lover to another, uh [Ab]huh
Islands in [Ab]the stream, that is what [Db]we are
No one in [Bbm]between, how can we be wrong
Sail away [Ab]with me to ano[Db]another world
And we re[Ab]rely on each other, uh huh
From one l[Bbm]lover to another, uh [Ab]huh