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                 Island in the Sun – Harry Belafonte
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Written by: Belafonte/Burgess
From: “Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean” (1957)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Capo: 2nd fret
Play: C
Key: D
For chords in original key transpose +2


CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0

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[Verse 1]
C                 F
This is my island in the sun
         G7                       C
Where my people have toiled since time begun
C             Dm
I may sail on many a sea
    C/G                   (C)
Her shores will always be home to me


[Chorus]
C           F
 Oh, island in the sun
G                  C
Willed to me by my father's hand
C                  F
All my days I will sing in praise
        G7                    C               | G | C |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands


[Verse 2]
C                 F
 As morning breaks the heaven on high
G7                   C
 I lift my heavy load to the sky
C                      Dm
 Sun comes down with a burning glow
C/G                       G7      C
Mingles my sweat with the earth below


[Chorus]
C           F
 Oh, island in the sun
G                  C
Willed to me by my father's hand
C                  F
All my days I will sing in praise
        G7                    C               | G | C |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands


[Verse 3]
C               F
 I see woman on bended knees
G7                   C
Cutting cane for her family
C                 Dm
 I see man at the water side
C/G                 G7      C
Casting nets at the surging tide


[Chorus]
C           F
 Oh, island in the sun
G                  C
Willed to me by my father's hand
C                  F
All my days I will sing in praise
        G7                    C               | C | % |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands


[Verse 4]
C#                   F#
 I hope the day will never come
     G#                   C#
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
C#                 D#m
 Never let me miss carnival
     C#/G#              G#7  C#
With calypso songs philosophical


[Chorus]
C#         F#
Oh, island in the sun
G#7                C#
Willed to me by my father's hand
C#                 F#
All my days I will sing in praise
        G#                    C#
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands


[Coda]
|  C#  |  F#  |  G#7  |  C#  |
Mmh, mmh, ..
|  C#  |  F#  |  G#7  | C#
Mmh, mmh ...
               (break)
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