F#  244300
E   012200
B   799800
A   577600
G   355400

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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                                F#  E
I was first attracted by your scent
                                 F#   E
Your heart must be a caramelised onion
                         F#   E
By the time I saw your flame
                                      F#  E
It was all over for you and what's his name

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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I think it was Algonquin park
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It was so cold and winter dark
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A promised hibernation high
                                          B  A     B  A
Took me across the great black plate of ice
                F#  E
Now I'm the islander

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I found a place to call my den
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And dreamt of the ferry and the enormous man
                     F#  E
Huge as were his children
                          B  A    B  A
Following around after him
           F#  E
I'm the islander

[Bridge]
G                         A
I woke up in the furtive spring
                   B  A    B  A
More capable of anything

[Instrumental]
B   A
B   A
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[Verse 4]
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I waited for more men to come
                                         F#  E
They docked their boats and cocked their guns
                                        F#  E
The time for truth and reconciliation's gone
                                         B         A
But with my belly full I intended to get something done

B  A
             F#  E
I'm the islander

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[Bridge]
G                         A
I woke up in the dead of spring
                        B  A    B  A
More hungry than anything

[Outro]
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I'm the islander
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I'm the islander