My Island Home

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