Islands In The Stream

(intro 2x) C F C

     C
    Baby when I met you there was 
peace unknown,
    I set out to get you with a fine
          C7
 toothed comb,
           F                    
    I was soft inside, there was 
                 C  F C
something goin' on.

     C
    You do something to me that I 
can't explain,
    hold me closer and I feel no 
C7
pain,
           F                     
    ev'ry beat of my heart we got 
                C
something goin on.

                    F
    Tender love is blind, it 
requires a dedication,
Fm
    all this love we feel needs no 
conversation.
        C
    We ride it together, uh huh, 
makin' love with each other, uh huh.

         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.

(orig. moves up half a step to capo 
1st here)

    G
    I can't live without you if the 
love was gone,
    ev'rything is nothing if you got
    G7
 no one,
                C                
   and you did walk in the night, 
                             G 
slowly losin' sight of the real 
        C G
thing.

          G
    But that won't happen to us and 
we got no doubt,
    too deep in love and we got no 
    G7
way out,
             C                   
    and the message is clear this 
                            G
could be the year for the real 
thing.

                      C
    No more will you cry, baby, I 
will hurt you never,
       Cm
    we start and end as one, in love
 for ever,
            G
    we can ride it together, uh huh,
 makin' love with each other, un 
huh.

         G                       C
Islands in the stream  that is what 
we are,
      Am
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,
         Am                    G
from one lover to another, uh huh.