Intro: B E B
B
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown.
B7
I set out to get you with a fine-tooth comb.
E B E B
I was soft inside; there was something goin’ on.
B
You do something to me that I can't explain.
B7
Hold me closer and I feel no pain.
E B E B
Ev'ry beat of my heart we got something goin’ on.
Emaj7
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication.
Em
All this love we feel needs no conversation
B
When we ride it together, uh huh,
makin' love with each other, uh huh.
B E
Islands in the stream that is what we are:
C#m7
No one in between. How can we be wrong?
B E
Sail away with me to another world
B
And we rely on each other, uh huh,
C#m7 B
From one lover to another, uh huh.
B
I can't live without you if the love has gone.
B7
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
E
And you just walk in the night,
B E B
Slowly losing sight of the real thing.
B
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt,
B7
Too deep in love and we got no way out,
E
And the message is clear:
this could be the year
B E B
For the real thing.
Emaj7
No more will you cry, Baby. I will hurt you never.
Em
We start and end as one, in love forever.
B
We can ride it together, uh huh,
B
making love with each other, uh huh.
B E
Islands in the stream that is what we are:
C#m7
No one in between. How can we be wrong?
B E
Sail away with me to another world
B
And we rely on each other, uh huh,
C#m7 B
From one lover to another, uh huh.
E F# B (2 verses)
B
We ride it together, uh huh,
B
makin' love with each other, uh huh.
B E
Islands in the stream that is what we are:
C#m7
No one in between. How can we be wrong?
B E
Sail away with me to another world
B
And we rely on each other, uh huh,
C#m7 B
From one lover to another, uh huh.