Intro: C F C (x2)

Verse:
C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
C
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
      F                                      C     F C
I was soft inside, there was something goin' on
C
You do something to me that I can't explain
C                                          F
  Hold me closer and I feel no pain, ev'ry beat of my heart
                        C
We got something goin' on

Pre-chorus:
               Fmaj7
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication
Fm
  All this love we feel needs no conversation
   C
We ride it together, uh huh
        C
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

Chorus:
           C                        F
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          Dm
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
          Dm                  C
From one lover to another, uh huh

Verse:
Ab
I can't live without you if the love was gone
Ab
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
            Db
And you did walk in the night
                           Ab         Db Ab
Slowly losin' sight of the real thing
    Ab
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Ab
  Too deep in love and we got no way out
        Db
And the message is clear, this could be the year
        Ab
For the real thing

Pre-chorus:
                 Dbmaj7
No more will you cry. Baby I will hurt you never
   Dbm
We start and end as one in love forever we can
Ab
Ride it together, uh huh
        Ab
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

Chorus:
           Ab                       Db
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          Bbm
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          Ab            Db
Sail away with me to another world
         Ab
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          Bbm                 Ab
From one lover to another, uh huh

Bridge:
Db   E   Ab
             Sail away
Db       E             Ab
   I can sail away. Be with me

Chorus:
           Ab                       Db
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          Bbm
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          Ab            Db
Sail away with me to another world
         Ab
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          Bbm                 Ab
From one lover to another, uh huh
           Ab                       Db
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
          Bbm
No one in between, how can we be wrong
          Ab            Db
Sail away with me to another world
         Ab
And we rely on each other, uh huh
          Bbm                 Ab
From one lover to another, uh huh
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