Seven Island Suite
By Gordon Lightfoot
From the LP Sundown
"Em" "F" "A"
Fret
EADGBEEADGE
111111
2324
34
"C" "D" "G"
EADGBEEADGE
1
211
33
"Asus4"
EADGBE
23
4
EEEA
Intro...
....(play style 1)
Em A Em A Em A Em
Seven Islands to the high side of the bay across
A
the bay
Em A Em A Em A
To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery
Em A Am
autumn haze
Em A Em A Em A
We went walking on the high side of the bay on a
Em A
chilly morn
Em A Em A Em A
And we saw how leaves had fallen on the beds where
Em A
trees are born
....(play style 2)
C A C D A
Any man in his right mind could not fail to be made aware
C A C D A
Any woman with gift of wisdom would not seek her answers there
AAsus4
....(play style 1)
Seven Islands to the high side of the bay if you're lookin west
To the sunset you can see it all in fiery autumn dress
....(play style 2)
Anytime would be the right time to come up to your bed of boughs
Anybody with a wish to wander could not fail but to be aroused
AAAAm4
Inst...
....(play style 3)
Em A Em A
Do do do dit, do do do dit
Em A Em A
Do do do dit, do do do dit
Em A Em A
Living high in the city guess you think it's a pretty good
Em
way
A Em A Em
You get to learn that when you get burned you got nothin to say
A Em A Em
You seem to think because you got chicken to go you're in luck
....(play style 4)
C D G Am
Fortune will not find you in your mansion or your truck
Amus4
C D G A
Brothers will desert you when you're down and shit outta luck
AAGEAEA
Inst...
....(play style 3)
Do do do dit, do do do dit
Do do do dit, do do do dit
Look around at the mornin guess you're doin the best you can
Surely you know that when you go nobody gives you a hand
Think of the air you're breathin in, think of the time you waste
Think of the right and wrong and consider the frown on your face
....(play style 2)
It's time you tried livin on the high side of the bay you need a rest
Any woman or a man with a wish to fade away could be so blessed
....(play style 4)
Fortune will not find you in your mansion turned to gold
C D G F
Brothers will desert you when your nights turn long and cold
....(play style 5)
C F G
If you feel it you better believe it
F C F G
You're gonna see it so you really know
F C F G F C F
It is rising like a feather dipping and dancing from
G
below
F C F G F C
There's a new wave that is breaking in the wake of a
F G
passing ship
F C F G F C F
Every nation's gonna be shaken put it together, don't
GF
let it slip
....(play style 2)
It's time you tried livin on the high side of the bay, you need a rest
Any man or a woman with a wish to fade away could be so blessed
AAAAm4
Inst...
....(play style 1)
Seven Islands to the high side of the bay cross the bay
To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze
To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze
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