[Intro - BPM 110] [Ebm6-x68x78] - 8 bars reggae off beat Rhythm for this and verse --^v--^---^---^- B---S---B---S---
[Verse] [Ebm6] Last night I had the [Bb] strangest dream [Dm] I sailed away to China [C] in a little rowboat to find ya [Ebm6] And you said you had to get your [Bb] laundry clean [Dm] Didn't want no one to hold you, [C] (Csus4 Riff) what does that mean And you said
[Chorus] [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[Verse] [Ebm6] You're on the road and now yo [Bb] u pray it lasts [Dm] The road behind was rocky, [C] but now you're feeling cocky [Ebm6] You look at me and you [Bb] see your past [Dm] Is that the reason why you're [C] (Csus4 Riff) runnin' so fast And she said
[Chorus] [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[Solo]
[Ebm6][Bb] E -8----------------------6-- B -7----------------------6-- G -x-8-7-8-7-8---9---7----7-- D -8----------------------8-- A -6-6-5-6-5-6---7---5----8-- E -x----------------------6--
[Dm][C] E -5----------------------8-- B -6----------------------8-- G -7-8-7-8-7-8---12--10---9-- D -7----------------------10-- A -5-8-7-8-7-8---10--8----10- E -x----------------------8-
(Repeat above - but play ascending C riff below the second time)
[C(x32010)][C][Csus4(x33010)] [C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)][Fm]
[Bridge] [Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] work me over [Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] drag me under [Gm] If I ever meet another girl like you.. [C] I will tell her [Gm] Never want another girl like you [C] (Csus4 Riff) HAVE TO SAY [D] OH
[Chorus - think same pattern as with F but just up 2 frets - all barres] [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[Outro] [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[End] [G]
[Note] - Ebm6 x68x78 - think Ebm7 but mute G with third finger by angling down across string after fretting 8th fret on D
[C Riff] [C(x32010)][C][Csus4(x33010)] [C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)][Fm]
[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. . . .