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                   SEVEN ISLAND SUITE - GORDON LIGHFOOT
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By John Will
sbw@sk.sympatico.ca
From the 1974 album Sundown
Capo 2nd fret; chord names relative to capo

Em7:020000 A:x02220 Asus4:x02230 C:x32010 D:xx0232 G:320003 or 320033
Em: 022000 Am:x02210 F:xx3211 or x33211

Em7    A      Em7   A
Seven islands to the high side
Em7    A     Em7       A
Of the bay, across the bay
Em7    A       Em7         A
To the sunset, through the blue light
Em7   A     Em7   A
of a fiery autumn haze

Em7     A        Em7    A
We went walking on the high side
Em7    A       Em7     A
of the bay on a chilly morn
Em7    A         Em7        A
And we saw where leaves had fallen
Em7     A         Em7       A
On the beds where trees are born
C              A
Any man in his right mind
          C          D     A
Could not fail to be made aware
C                          A
Any woman with the gift of wisdom
          C        D       A     Asus4 / / A
Would not seek her answers there
Em7    A      Em7    A         Em7    A
Seven islands to the high side of the bay
          Em7     A
If you're looking west
Em7     A      Em7     A
To the sunset, you can see it
Em7    A     Em7     A
All in fiery autumn dress
C                     A
Any time would be the right time
C                  D       A
To come up to your bed of boughs
C                      A
Anybody with a wish to wonder
          C           D    A     Asus4 / /  A / Asus4 / / A /
Could not fail but to be aroused
Asus4 / / A / Asus4 A
Em   Am    Em   Am
De de de de...
Em                 Am
Livin' high in the city
Em                     Am          Em
Guess you think it's a pretty good way
Em         Am         Em
You get to learn but when you get burned
        Am         Em
You got nothin' to say
Em          Am    Em                         Am
You seem to think because you got chicken to go
          Em
you're in luck
C                D
Fortune will not find you
        G               Am
In your mansion or your truck
C             D
Brothers will desert you
            G                   A   Asus4/ / A / Asus4 / / A// Asus4  A 
When you're down and shit outta luck
Em  Am  Em Am
De de de de...
Em                 Am
Look around at the morning
Em                     Am       Em
Guess you're doin' the best you can
Em         Am        Em       
Surely you know that when you go
Em      Am         Em
Nobody gives you a hand
Em           Am         Em
Think of the air you're breathin' in
Em           Amm      Em
Think of the time you waste
Em            Am    Em
Think of the right and wrong
Em               Am            Em
And consider the frown on your face
C                                 A
It's time you tried livin' on the high side
       C        D      A
of the bay, you need a rest
C                       A             C
Any woman or man with a wish to fade away
      D     A
Could be so blessed
C                D
Fortune will not find you
        G                 Am
In your mansion turned to gold
C             D        
Brothers will desert you
          G                    F
When your nights turn long and cold
G      C
If you feel it
      F         G
You'd better believe it
F            C
You're gonna see it
F          G
You really know
F     C      F      G
It is rising like a feather
F           C       F     G
Dipping and dancing from below
F         C        F       G
There's a new wave that is breaking
F      C         F       G
In the wake of a passing ship
F     C        F         G
Every nation's gonna be shaken
F      C         F            G
Put it together, don't let it slip
C                                 A
It's time you tried livin' on the high side
       C        D      A
Of the bay, you need a rest
C                       A             C
Any man or woman with a wish to fade away
      D     A       Asus4 / / A / Asus4 A
Could be so blessed
Em7   A       Em7    A
Seven islands to the high side
Em7    A     Em7       A
Of the bay, across the bay
Em7    A       Em7         A
To the sunset, through the blue light
Em7   A     Em7   A
Of a fiery autumn haze
Em7    A       Em7         A
To the sunset, through the blue light
Em7  A    Em7   A
Of a fiery---------------------
Em7    A     Em7  A  (repeat and fade)*
autumn haze
*with a little repeated lick like this:
   Em7     A      Em7        A
e:--------------------------------
A:--------------------------------
D:--------------------------------
G:-----------------2--0-----------
B:---------0-------------2b--0----
E:---0--3-------------------------
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