Artist: | Harry Belafonte (English) |
User: | Waeller Wutz |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Titel: Island in the Sun
Artist: Harry Belafonte
Album: The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
(Irving Burgie & Harry Belafonte)
Orig.: D
D G
This is my island in the sun
A7 D
Where my people have toiled since time begun
Bm Em
I may sail on many a sea
D A D
Her shores will always be home to me
D G
Oh, island in the sun
A D
Willed to me by my father's hand
Bm Em
All my days I will sing in praise
A D Em D
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
D G
As morning breaks the heaven on high
A7 D
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Bm Em
Sun comes down with a burning glow
D A D
Mingles my sweat with the earth below
D G
Oh, island in the sun
A D
Willed to me by my father's hand
Bm Em
All my days I will sing in praise
A D
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
D G
I see woman on bended knee
A7 D
Cutting cane for her family
Bm Em
I see man at the waterside
D A D
Casting nets at the surging tide
D G
Oh, island in the sun
A D
Willed to me by my father's hand
Bm Em
All my days I will sing in praise
A D
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
D# G#
I hope the day will never come
Bb7 D#
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Cm Fm
Never let me miss carnival
D# Bb D#
With calypso songs philosophical
D# G#
Oh, island in the sun
Bb D#
Willed to me by my father's hand
Cm Fm
All my days I will sing in praise
Bb D#
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand