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The Island by Michael Mitchell




              The Island 






Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G

[Intro]
C D C G
 
 
[Verse]
G     D         G      D
Over a ocean and over a sea
  G               D       C       D
Beyond these great waters what do I see
 G             D              G           D
I see the great mountains rise up from the coastline
   G             D            C           D
The hills of Cape Breton, this new home of mine
         G             D             G        G7
Oh and we come from the countries all over the world
  C           G           Am            D
to hack at the forests and plow the land down
Em         D            G           G7
 Fishermen, farmers, and sailors all come
  C             G           D       G
to clear for the future this pioneer ground
 
 
[Chorus]
G        C         G           D
We are an island, a rock in the stream
G       C         G                D
We are a people as proud as there's been
  Em          C            G           D
In soft summer breeze or in wild winter wind
   C           D          C   G
The home of our hearts Cape Breton
 
 
[Verse]
G       D            G        D
Over the rooftops and over the trees
  G             D         C         D
Within these new townships what do I see
 G             D                 G         D
I see the black pit head, the coal wheels a-turning
   G              D                C           D
The smoke stacks a-belching and the blast fires burning
       G            D          G         G7
And the sweat on the back is no joy to behold
  C               G             Am          D
In the heat of the steel plant or mining the coal
Em      D                       G           G7
 And the foreign-owned companies force us to fight
  C        G        D       G
For our survival and for our rights
 
 
[Chorus]
G        C         G           D
We are an island, a rock in the stream
G       C         G                D
We are a people as proud as there's been
  Em          C            G           D
In soft summer breeze or in wild winter wind
   C           D          C   G
The home of our hearts Cape Breton
 
 
[Verse]
G       D            G       D
Over the highway and over the road
  G        D       C          D
Over the causeway stories are told
    G           D              G       D
They tell of the coming and the going away
   G         D       C         D
The cities of America draw me away
   G            D           G         G7
And though companies come and companies go
   C               G       Am         D
And the ways of the world we may never know
Em     D                       G           G7
 We'll follow the footsteps of those on their way
   C      G            D                    G
And we'll fight for the right to leave or to stay
 
 
[Chorus]
G        C         G           D
We are an island, a rock in the stream
G       C         G                D
We are a people as proud as there's been
  Em          C            G           D
In soft summer breeze or in wild winter wind
   C           D          C   G
The home of our hearts Cape Breton








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