[Verse 1 - Melody starts on note D] Now I've [G] heard there was a se [Em] cret chord That [G] David played, and it pl [Em] eased the Lord But [C] you don't really [D] care for music, do [G] you? [D] It [G] goes like this the [C] fourth, the [D] fifth The [Em] minor fall, the [C] major lift The [D] baffled king com [B7] posing Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 2] Your [G] faith was strong, but you [Em] needed proof You [G] saw her bathing [Em] on the roof Her [C] beauty and the [D] moonlight over [G] threw ya [D] She [G] tied you to a [C] kitchen [D] chair She [Em] broke your throne, and she [C] cut your hair And [D] from your lips she [B7] drew the Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 3] You [G] say I took the [Em] name in vain [G] I don't even [Em] know the name But [C] if I did, well [D] really, what's it [G] to ya? [D] There's a [G] blaze of light in [C] every [D] word It [Em] doesn't matter [C] which you heard The [D] holy or the [B7] broken Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 4] I [G] did my best, it [Em] wasn't much I [G] couldn't feel, so I [Em] tried to touch I've [C] told the truth, I [D] didn't come to fool y [G] a [D] And [G] even though it [C] all went [D] wrong I'll [Em] stand before the [C] Lord of Song With [D] nothing on my [B7] tongue but Halle [Em] lujah
[Outro] Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu [D] jah x 4 - end on [G] [End]
[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] [Verse] [G#] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [C#] walk in the night [C#] Slowly losing sight of the [G#] real thing.
(Both) But [G#] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [C#] messages is clear [C#] This could be the year of the [G#] real thing.
(Dolly) [G#] No more will you [C#maj7] cry baby I will hurt you [C#] never.
(Both) We [C#m]start and end as one in love forever We can [G#] ride it together [C#] uh [G#] huh Making love with each other [C#] uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh
(perhaps drop to just bass drum and emphasise higher line/harmonies) [G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one in [A#m] between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh. . . .