[Intro - BPM 93] [Drums first - 4 bars - 2/4 - slap snare - figure BS xS xS xS] [then Bass + Guitar figure] D -----Am-x-7------F-x-7----------- A ------------------------------ x 2 E 3--5--------3--1-------------- (use thumb to clearly articulate)
[Then just Bass] A --7-5-3-3-----5--3---3--3------ x 2 E 5--------3--1------------3--5--
[Verse 1 - Bass drum just on 1, slap snare] [Am] We move like cagey tig [G] ers Oh, [G] we [F] couldn't get closer than this [G] The [Am] way we walk, the way we talk [G] The [F] way we stalk, the way we kiss [G] We [Am] slip through the streets while everyone sleeps [G] Getting [F] bigger and sleeker and whiter and brighter [G] We [Am] bite and scratch and scream all night [G] Let's [F] go and throw all the songs we know
[Chorus - Strum on all beats] [C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these [Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll [C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the (full drums) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, Bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [Am] Lovecats [G][F] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, Bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [G] You're so
[Verse 2 - Back to slap snare but now full bass drum] [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly [F] pretty ..............Oh, [G] you [Am] know that I'd do anything [G] for [F] you ......We [G] should [Am] have each other to tea, huh? We [G] should [F] have each other with cream [G] Then [Am] curl up [####Stop for scroll - keep bass drum going####] in the fire and sleep for a while It's [G] the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
[Chorus - slap snare] [C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these [Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll [C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the (just bass - just one strum and sustain on each main chord) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the (full drums) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed the [G] (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada) [Am] Lovecats [G] we [F] missed you, hissed... [G] You're so
[Verse 3 - Back to slap snare] [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly [F] pretty ..............Oh, [G] you [Am] know that I'd do anything [G] for [F] you ...We [G] should [Am] have each other to tea, huh? We [G] should [F] have each other with cream [G] Then [Am] curl up in the fire and sleep for a while It's [G] the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
[Bridge - slap snare] [Em] Hand in hand is the only way to land And [F] always the right way round .... Not [Em] broken in pieces like hated little meeces How [F] could we miss someone as dumb as... (Drums and bass only) [Am] This? (how can we miss someone as dumb as) [G] We [F] missed you, hissed the [G] [Am] Lovecats [Fmaj7]
[Refrain - Guitar back in - Full drums] [Am] (Bah da bah bah bah bah ba [G] da, [F] bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada [G] [Am][G][F] I love you, let's go (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada)
[Kenny] [C] Baby when I met you there was [C6-x3555] peace un [C] known I set out to get you with a [C6] fine tooth [C7] comb. I was [F] soft inside there was something going [C] on. [C][F\C]
(Both) [C] You do something to me that I [C6] can't ex [C] plain Hold me closer and I [C6] feel no [C7] pain every [F] beat of my heart .. We got something going [C] on.
(Kenny) Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind .. It requires a dedi [F]cation.
(Both) [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[Chorus] We [C] ride it together uh huh Making love with each other uh huh.
[C] Islands in the stream [C6] That is what we [F] are No one in be [Dm] tween how can we [Dm7] be wrong? Sail a [C] way with me [C6] to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other uh huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[########## KEY CHANGE ############] (Dolly) [Ab] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [Db] walk in the night [Db] Slowly losing sight of the [Ab] real thing.
(Both) But [Ab] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [Db] messages is clear [Db] This could be the year of the [Ab] real thing.
(Dolly) [Ab] No more will you [Dbmaj7] cry baby I will hurt you [Db] never.
(Both) We [Dbm] start and end as one in love forever We can [Ab] ride it together [Db] uh [Ab] huh Making love with each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh
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[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Db] lover to another uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one in [Bbm] between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh. . . .
