Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton Intro: [C//] [F][C] x2 Verse 1: [C] Baby when I met you there was peace unknown I set out to get you with a fine tooth [C7] comb I was [F] soft inside There was somethin' going [C] on [F][C] [C] You do something to me that I can't explain Hold me closer and I feel no [C7] pain Every [F] beat of my heart We got somethin' goin [C] on [F][C] Bridge: Tender love is [F] blind It requires a dedication [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation We [C] ride it together, ah-ah Makin' love with each other, ah-ah |Chorus: |Islands [C] in the stream |That is [F] what we are |No one [Dm] in between |How can we be wrong? |Sail a[C]way with me to a[F]nother world |And we re[C]ly on each other, ah-ah |From one [Dm] lover to another, ah-[C]ah Verse 2: [C] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothin' if you [C7] got no one And you just [F] walk in the night Slowly losing sight of the [C] real thing [F][C] But [C] that wont happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we [C7] got no way out And the [F] message is clear This could be the year for the [C] real thing [F][C] Bridge: No more will you [F] cry Baby I will hurt you never [Fm] We start and end as one In love forever We [C] ride it together, ah-ah Makin' love with each other, ah-ah |Chorus: x2 |Islands [C] in the stream |That is [F] what we are |No one [Dm] in between |How can we be wrong? |Sail a[C]way with me to a[F]nother world |And we re[C]ly on each other, ah-ah |From one [Dm] lover to another, ah-[C]ah