[Intro - C9 x32030 - Gsus4 - 355533 - BPM 129] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x (x2, then drums enter another 2 times)
[Verse 1] I get up, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... and [F] nothing [G] gets me down. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You got it tough, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ..... [F]I've seen the [G] toughest around. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] And I know, ... [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... [F] baby, just how [G] you feel. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You've got to roll [C9] oh [C] oll with the punches [F] [F]to get to [G] what's real [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Oh, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my (on beat) [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine .... I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus - Rhythm xxC9x xCxx FxxF xGxG ] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Verse 2] Aaa-ohh, [C9] hey you [C] ! [F] Who said that? [F] Baby, [G] how you been? [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You say you don't know, [C9] wo ow [C][F] [F] Until we [G] begin. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Well, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Guitar Solo] [Keyboard Solo]
[Riff - Drums stop] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x Drums back in
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[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.
(Dolly - NO KEY CHANGE) [C] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [F] walk in the night [F] Slowly losing sight of the [C] real thing.
(Both) But [C] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [F] messages is clear [F] This could be the year of the [C] real thing.
(Dolly) [C] No more will you [Fmaj7] cry baby I will hurt you [F] never.
(Both) We [Fm] start and end as one in love forever We can [C] ride it together [F] uh [C] huh Making love with each other [F] uh [C] huh.
[C] Islands in the stream That is what we [F] are No one [Dm] in between how can [Dm7] we be wrong? [C] Sail away with me to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other [F] uh [C] huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh
(perhaps drop to just bass drum and emphasise higher line/harmonies) [C] Islands in the stream That is what we [F] are No one [Dm] in between how can [Dm7] we be wrong? [C] Sail away with me to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other [F] uh [C] huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[C] Islands in the stream That is what we [F] are No one in [Dm] between how can [Dm7] we be wrong? [C] Sail away with me to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other [F] uh [C] huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh. . . .