On A Desert Isle
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Notes]
He plays it with some crazy obscure chord positions
and picking patterns but these are what I believe them
to be. It sounds good on a ukulele this way as well.
[Intro]
C F C Dm7
I drifted in the Doldrums, almost dead,
G7 C G7
A weedy, watery, trail,
C C7
With a useless rag,
F C
hangin above my head,
Dm7 G7 C G7
Not a breath o' breeze to fill my sail,
C E7 F C
Then liftin' up my spyglass, ol' Buckley's hope,
G7 C D7 C7 C
I seen somethin' o'er the waves,
C
I throwed my things,
F C
I left my boat,
G C C7
And swam out on my way.
[Chorus]
C7 F
On a Desert Isle,
F E7 D G7
Here I sing, oh-de-lee-ee-oh-de-lay-ee,
C7
Soft an' sweet
G7 D7 G7
Got no shirt or shoes upon my feet,
G7 C F C7 F
Out in the middle of an o-o-ocean,
C F
Doin' my thing,
E7 C G7 C
I'm happy just to dream, and sing,
C7 D7 Dm7
Out livin' like a marabout king,
G7 C7 G7
Out on a Desert Isle
[Verse 2]
C7 F G7
The shadin' palm trees bend an' sway,
C G7 C G7
The fish swim 'bout my feet,
C C7 F C
And a breeze blowin' soft 'pon the cordgrass play,
G7 C7 C
A lazy old melody, cool an' sweet,
C F C
As the sun goes sinkin' in a painted sky,
Dm7 G7 C G7
My eye's on a pool of light,
C C7 F C
Where the stars cast a twinklin' veil on high,
G7 C
Where I sleep out everynight...
[Solo]
C G7 C G7
[Verse 2]
F E7 D7 C
One mornin' the silence broke,
C7 G7
As beset by a sea high-horned in waves I awoke,
D7 G7
To find no remnants of that paradise,
G7 C G7 C7
What laid about me, were a changed, unfriendly land,
C7 F
From beyond the compass' reach,
F C F
I sings this song of water an' dune,
E7 G7 C
Of wonders strange,
G7 C C7 D7
Out of the gloom, there came a sound like cryin' in the night,
D7
My blue ruined eyes I thought lied,
G D7 G
A woman draggin' up, out of that squawlin' tide.
[Chorus]
G F C F
On a desert isle,
E7 G7 C G7 C
Oh-de-lee-oh-oh-de-lay-ee, tired an' beat,
G7
Writin' help, in letters fifteen feet,
G7 C F C7 F
Out on the beach, beside an o-o-ocean,
F E7 C G7
Woe is me, a cryin baby bouncin' on my knee,
C A7 G7
In a little grass shack built for three,
G7 C
Out on a Desert Isle.
How to play On A Desert Isle
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.