This a song by Neil Murray, performed by the Warumpi Band on the 1987 album "Go Bush"
Intro
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
verse 1
G C G
Six years I've been in the desert
C G
And every night I dream of the sea
G C G
They say home is where you find it
D C G
But will this place ever satisfy me
verse 2
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
Chorus
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
verse 3
Em D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
From the hills and across the plains
Em D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again
Em D G
And Iâ??m holding that long turtle spear
G C
And I feel Iâ??m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
Instrumental
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
verse 4
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
Chorus
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
Verse 5
Em D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
From the hills and across the plains
Em D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again
Em D G
And Iâ??m holding that long turtle spear
G C
And I feel Iâ??m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
Chorus
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waitinâ?? for me
Exit Chorus 1
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am |Em |C
My island home
Exit Chorus 2 (repeat x3 times)
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am
My island home
C
My island home
Finish on
Em
My island home