[Intro - Just bass drum - finger pick - 1 bar each- Capo 3 original key but not bother for live] [Bm][D][A][Em]
[Verse 1] I let it [Bm] fall, my [D] heart And as it [A] fell, you rose to claim .... [Em] it It was [Bm] dark and I was [D] over Until you [A] kissed my lips and you [Em] saved me My [Bm] hands, they're [D] strong but my [A] knees were far too weak [Em] To [Bm] stand in your [D] arms without [A] falling to your [A] feet
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums - Play Bm full barre across all strings for maximum volume] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum or B B B S] When I [Bm] lay with [D] you I could [A] stay there, [Em] close my eyes feel you [Bm] here for ev [D] er You and [A] me together, nothing is [A] better
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Bridge - Drums On off off] Sometimes [G] I wake up by the [D/A] door .. That heart you [F#m] caught must be waitin' for [A] you .. Even now [G] when we're already o [D/A] ver .. I can't [F#m] help myself from looking for [A] ya a
[Chorus] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Outro - All chords 1 bar] Oo [Bm] oh, [Bm] oh.. [A] no, oh [A] Let it [Em] burn, oh [Em] oh [Bm] oh [A] Let it [Bm] burn [Bm] urn [A] urn … [A] Let it [Em] burn [Em] urn uh [Bm] urn [A] urn
[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. . . .
