Version with only 1 key presented by the Bee Gees band
Intro [C][F]-[C] x 2
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 something 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 ev’ry [F] beat of my heart
We got something going [C] on
Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind, It requires a dedication.
[Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation
Chorus: we [C] ride it together …Ah ah
[C] Making love to one another …Ah ah
[G7] Islands in the [C] stream. that is what we [F] are
No one in bet-[Dm7] ween how can we be wrong
Sail away with [C] me to another [F] world
And we re-[C] ly on each other uh huh
From one [Dm7] lover to another uh [C] huh
2. [C] I can’t live without you if the love is gone
Ev’rything is nothing if you got no [C7] one
And you did [F] walk in the night slowly losin’ sight of the [C] real thing [F][C]
But [C] that won’t happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way [C7] out and the [F] messages is clear
This could be the year of the [C] real thing
No more will you [Fmaj7] cry baby I will hurt you never
We [Fm] start and end as one in love forever we can
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Version with key changed, presented by Kenny Rogers; Dolly Parton
Intro [C][F]-[C] x 2
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 something 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 ev’ry [F] beat of my heart
We got something going [C] on
Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind, It requires a dedication.
[Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation
Chorus: we [C] ride it together …Ah ah
[C] Making love to one another …Ah ah
[G7] Islands in the [C] stream. that is what we [F] are
No one in bet-[Dm7] ween how can we be wrong
Sail away with [C] me to another [F] world
And we re-[C] ly on each other uh huh
From one [Dm7] lover to another uh [C] huh
Change Key down to [Ab] ——–
2. [Ab] I can’t live without you if the love is gone
Ev’rything is nothing if you got no [Ab7] one and you did [C#] walk in the night
slowly losin’ sight of the [Ab] real thing [C#][Ab]
But [Ab] that won’t happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way [Ab7] out and the [C#] messages is clear
This could be the year of the [Ab] real thing
No more will you [C#maj7] cry baby I will hurt you never
We [C#m] start and end as one in love forever we can
Chorus: We [Ab] ride it together …Ah ah
[C] Making love to one another …Ah ah
[Eb7] Islands in the [Ab] stream. that is what we [C#] are
No one in bet-[Bbm7] ween how can we be wrong
Sail away with [Ab] me to another [C#] world
And we re-[Ab] ly on each other uh huh
From one [Bbm7] lover to another uh [Ab] huh