Islands In The Stream

Kenny Rogers

Written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb

Key of C · Chords: I IV iv

Verse 1

C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
                                        C7
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
      F                                     C
I was soft inside there was something going on
You do something to me that I can't explain

Verse 2

                             C7         F
Hold me closer and I feel no pain every beat of my heart
                       C
We got something going on
               F
Tender love is blind  it requires a dedication
Fm
All this love we feel needs no conversation

Verse 3

    C
We ride it together uh huh
Making love with each other un huh
                                       F
Islands in the stream  that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong
               C             F
Sail away with me to another world
         C
And we rely on each other uh huh
         F                   C
From one lover to another uh huh

Verse 4

I can't live without you if the love was gone
                                    C7
Everything is nothing if you got no one
             F
And you did walk in the night
                           C
Slowly losing sight of the real thing

Verse 5

But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
                                   C7
Too deep in love and we got no way out
          F
And the message is clear this could be the year
          C
For the real thing
                 F
No more will you cry  baby I will hurt you never
    Fm
We start and end as one in love for ever we can

Verse 3

    C
We ride it together uh huh
Making love with each other un huh
                                       F
Islands in the stream  that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong
               C             F
Sail away with me to another world
         C
And we rely on each other uh huh
         F                   C
From one lover to another uh huh