[Verse 1 - Capo 4 for original key - key of E - Full drums - but light muted strums] [F] Days ache and nights are long [Am] Two years and still you're not [G] gone Guess I'm still holding on [F] Drag my name through the dirt [Am] Somehow it doesn't hurt [G] though Guess you're still holding on You [Dm] told your friends you want me dead And [Am] said that I did everything [G] wrong And you're not wrong
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time [N.C.]
[Verse 2] [F] Days ache and nights are grey [Am] My heart is still your place, [G] babe Guess I still feel the same [F] Know you can't stand my face [Am] Some scars you can't erase, [G] babe Guess you still feel the same
[Pre-Chorus] Well, [Dm] I'll take all the vitriol But [Am] not the thought of you moving [G] on on on on on on (stop drums)
[Chorus] 'Cause I'm not (drums in) [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me Even after all this time
[Bridge - Harmonies] [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh (Even after all this time) [F] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [Am] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh [G] I'm not ready to let you forget me, to [G] let you forget me, to let you for-, oh-ooh-oh
[Chorus - Drums stop] 'Cause I'm not [F] ready To [Am] find out you know how to forg [G] et me I'd rather hear how much you regret [F] me And [Am] pray to God that you never [G] met me N.C. Than forget me Oh-ooh-oh, (drums in) I [F] hate to know I made you cry But [Am] love to know I cross your mind, [G] babe, oh I Even after all it'd still [F] wreck me To [Am] find out you'd know how to for [G] get me N.C. Even after all this time [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) [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. . . .
