Sting — Tom F
Confira a cifra completa de Island Of Souls no UkeMaster Pro.
[Fmaj7] [G7]
Billy was born within sight of the shipyard
[Fmaj7] [G7]
first son of a riveter's son
[Fmaj7] [G7]
and Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow
[Fmaj7] [G7] [Fmaj7] [G7]
her great hull would blot out the light of the sun.
[Fmaj7] [G7]
And six days a week he would watch his poor father
[Fmaj7] [G7]
a working man live like a slave
[Fmaj7] [G7]
he'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future
[Fmaj7] [G7]
of money he never would save.
[Cm7] [Ab]
And Billy would cry when he thought of the future.
[Fmaj7] [G7]
Soon came a day when the bottle was broken
[Fmaj7] [G7]
they launched a great ship out to sea
[Fmaj7] [G7]
he felt he'd been left on a desolate shore
[Fmaj7] [G7]
to a future he desperately wanted to flee.
[Cm7] [Ab]
What else was there for a riveter's son,
[Bb]
a new ship to be built, new work to be done.
[F] [Bb] [Dm]
One day, he dreamed of the ship in the world
[F]
it would carry his father and he
[Bb] [Gm7]
to a place they would never be found
[F] [Gm] [C7] [Fmaj7]
to a place far away from this town.
[Fmaj7] [G7]
Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
[Fmaj7] [G7]
all the workmen suspended like flies
[Fmaj7] [G7]
caught in the flare of acetylene light
[Fmaj7] [G7]
a working man works till the industry dies.
[Cm7] [Ab]
And Billy would cry when he thought of the future.
[Fmaj7] [G7]
Then what they call an industrial accident
[Fmaj7] [G7]
crushed those it couldn't forgive
[Fmaj7] [G7]
they brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance
[Fmaj7] [G7]
a brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to live.
[Cm7] [Ab]
And what else was there for a riveter's son,
[Bb]
a new ship to be built, new work to be done.
[F] [Bb] [Dm]
That night, he dreamed of the ship in the world
[F]
it would carry his father and he
[Bb] [Gm7]
to a place they could never be found,
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F]
to a place far away from this town.
[Bb] [Gm7]
A Newcastle ship without coals,
[Bb] [C7] [Fmaj7]
they would sail to the island of souls...