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Islands by Sara Bareilles Album: The Blessed Unrest Track 11 2013 Half Step Down Tuning Chords: Em: x22000 G: 320003 or 320033 D: xx0232 A: x02220 C: x32010 Bm: x24432 (To play in standard tuning, put a capo on the 6th fret and replace the chords above by Am, C, G, D, F & Em) Intro: Em (G) D x 2 Em (G) D Waiting for the bus stop Em (G) D Waiting for the concrete black top to settle down Em (G) D A C Long enough for me to get off and get a little ground Em (G) D I'm ready for the sea change Em (G) D Helpless felt this coming from a mile away Em (G) D A C And now you're looking at me babe, and how we'll separate if we can
Cause I still count on one hGand the nBmumber of good men I knCow
It's like I'm stDanding on the edge with just a Emtelephone wire Trying to gCet to you first to say the world's on fire D Holding my breath until I kEmnow you're alright Because the wCater will only rise
When will you realize
D You must become an Emisland C You must become an Gisland YDou must become an Emisland And sCee for yourself that that's what I am
Em (G) D x 2 Em (G) D You always dirty up the windows
If you kEmeep 'em at bay that way (G) D Em No one's gonna surprise you by getting too close (G) D Anybody but me though You've made excAeptions to your rules C And now we're staring down trGuth neither Bmone of us wants to knCow
It's like I'm stDanding on the edge with just a Emtelephone wire Trying to gCet to you first to say the world's on fire D Holding my breath until I kEmnow you're alright Because the wCater will only rise
When will you realize
D You must become an Emisland C You must become an Gisland YDou must become an Emisland And sCee for yourself the hoGrizon is all we hDave Em And sCee for yourself the hoGrizon is all we hDave Em C
D Holding my breath until I kEmnow you're alright Because the wCater will only rise