[Intro - No drums, no bass - just guitar] [G][A7][C/D][G]
[Verse 1] [G] Three little birds, [A7] sat on my window [C/D] And they told me I don't need to wor [G] ry [G] Summer came like cinna [A7] mon, so sweet [C/D] Little girls double-dutch on the con [G] crete
[Em7] Maybe some [B7/D#] times, we've [Em7] got it wrong, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] more things seem to change, the more [Cmmaj7] (drums stop) they stay the same Oh, don't you hesitate
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down (drop 'You' high note) [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, some (drums stop) [G] how
[Vamp] [G]
[Verse 2] (Drums back in) [G] Blue as the sky, [A7] sunburnt and lonely, [C/D] Sipping tea in a bar by the roads [G] ide, (just relax, just [G] relax) Don't you let those other boys [A7] fool you, [C/D] Got to love that afro hair [G] do
[Em7] Maybe [B7/D#] sometimes, we feel [Em7] afraid, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] (drums stop) more you stay the same, the more they [Cmmaj7] seem to change (drums back in) Don't you think it's strange?
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, (drums stop) some how
[Bridge] (Drums back) [Am7] 'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake [Em] Some nights kept me awake, [N.C.] I thought that I was stronger [Am7] When you gonna realise, that you don't even [G/B] have to [Cmaj7] try any [Am7] longer? [Cmaj7] Do what you want to
[Chorus] (Drums stop) [G] Girl, put your records on, (drums back in) [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down (oh, let your hair down!) [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams (hope you get your dreams) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down (sister, let your hair down!)
[G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7] somewhere, some [G] how
[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. . . .
