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The Islander by Nightwish - Guitar Chords

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            Chords

   Bm  Bsus2  Esus4  Em
e|-2-----2------0----0---|
B|-3-----2------0----0---|
G|-4-----4------2----0---|
D|-4-----4------2----2---|
A|-2-----2------2----2---|
E|-x-----x------0----0---|

Capo 1st Fret
[Intro]

Bm Bsus2 Esus4 Em A G A Bm

(Begins with 4x melody intro.)


[Verse]

Bm                 Bsus2
An old man by a seashore
Esus4         Em
At the end of day
A            G
Gazes the horizon
A                     Bm
With seawinds in his face
Bm             Bsus2
Tempest-tossed island
Esus4           Em
Seasons all the same
A              G
Anchorage unpainted
      A              Bm
And a ship without a name


(Bm for 3 bars before singing continues.)


Bm            Bsus2         Esus4          Em
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
A                 G
He lightens the beacon, light
A             Bm
at the end of world
Bm          Bsus2        Esus4         Em
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts

    A             G       A              Bm
The ones on their travels homeward from afar

(Bm for 1 measure before singing continues.)


[Chorus]

Bm      G    D   A   Bm
This is long for-got-ten
G            D          Em   Bm
Light at the end of the world
   G  D   A  Bm
Ho-ri-zon cry-in
    G               D          Em
The tears he left behind long ago

(2x Melody intro thing intercedes.)


[Verse]

Bm               Bsus2
The albatross is flying
  Esus4       Em
Making him daydream
    A           G
The time before he became
    A                Bm
One of the world's unseen
Bm              Bsus2
Princess in the tower
Esus4           Em
Children in the fields
A                G
Life gave him it all:
          A         Bm
An island of the universe

(4 measures of Bm and if you cool
you can say Ohh on the 3rd measure.)

Bm               Bsus2
Now his love's a memory
  Esus4        Em
A ghost in the fog
   A                  G
He sets the sails one last time
       A               Bm
Saying farewell to the world
Bm            Bsus2
Anchor to the water
Esus4      Em
Seabed far below
A              G
Grass still in his feet
      A                 Bm
And a smile beneath his brow

(Bm for 3 measures before singing continues.)


[Chorus]

Bm      G    D   A   Bm
This is long for-got-ten
G            D          Em   Bm
Light at the end of the world
   G  D   A   Bm
Ho-ri-zon cry-in
    G               D             Em
The tears he left behind so long ago


(Intro melody x2, Bagpipe-thing solo, chorus, Introx2, Ending Bagpipe solo. Sing "So long
ago" between the Intro melodies.)


Judging from the videos I've seen of Marco playing it, I don't think he uses the same fingerings
for the chords but it sounds the same to me.
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