Island In The Sun Ukulele Chords

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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: soprano C / baritone G
 
CHORDS
       g-C-E-A   D-G-B-e
A7     0-1-0-0   2-0-2-0
 
Eb     0-3-3-1   1-3-4-3 or 5-3-4-3
Ab     1-3-4-3   1-1-1-3
Bb     3-2-1-1   0-3-3-1
Bb7    1-2-1-1   0-1-3-1
 
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[Verse 1]
D                 G
This is my island in the sun
         A7                       D
Where my people have toiled since time begun
D             Em
I may sail on many a sea
    D                     (D)
Her shores will always be home to me
 
 
[Chorus]
D           G
 Oh, island in the sun
A7                 D
Willed to me by my father's hand
D                  G
All my days I will sing and praise
        A7                    D               | A | D |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands
 
 
[Verse 2]
D                 G
 As morning breaks the heaven on high
A7                   D
 I lift my heavy load to the sky
D                      Em
 Sun comes down with a burning glow
D                         A7      D
Mingles my sweat with the earth below
 
 
[Chorus]
D           G
 Oh, island in the sun
A7                 D
Willed to me by my father's hand
D                  G
All my days I will sing and praise
        A7                    D               | A | D |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands
 
 
[Verse 3]
D               G
 I see woman on bended knees
A7                   D
Cutting cane for her family
D                 Em
 I see man at the water side
D                   A7      D
Casting nets at the surging tide
 
 
[Chorus]
D           G
 Oh, island in the sun
A7                 D
Willed to me by my father's hand
D                  G
All my days I will sing and praise
        A7                    D               | D | % |
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands
 
 
[Verse 4]
Eb                   Ab
 I hope the day will never come
     Bb                   Eb
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Eb                 Fm
 Never let me miss carnival
     Eb                 Bb7  Eb
With calypso songs philosophical
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb         Ab
Oh, island in the sun
Bb7                Eb
Willed to me by my father's hand
Eb                 Ab
All my days I will sing and praise
        Bb                    Eb
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands
 
 
[Coda]
|  Eb  |  Ab  |  Bb7  |  Eb  |
Mmh, mmh, ..
|  Eb  |  Ab  |  Bb7  | Eb
Mmh, mmh ...
               (break)
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