# # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # BACK TO THE ISLAND - LEON RUSSELL # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Tabbed by:DONALD D #Email: # #Tuning:Standard # F Dm7 Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you girl Am7 Bb C F What can I do without you in my life. Dm C#+ F/C G7 I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way Bb C Gm7 F The hardest one to lose of all the games we played F Dm7 But the time has passed for living in a dream world Am7 Bb C F And lying to myself, can't make that scene Dm C#+ F/C G7 Of wond'ring if you love me, or just making a fool of me Gm7 C Gm7 C F Well I hope you understand, I just had to go back to the island, F Bb F And watch the sun go down, hear the sea roll in C7 F But I'll be thinking of you and how it might have been Bb F Hear the nightbird cry and watch the sunset die C7 F Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island. Dm F/C Bb F For all the sunny skies it's rainin' in my heart Dm Bb F I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you Dm F/C Bb F But it had to end this way with all the games we played F Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island F Bb F And watch the sun go down, hear the sea roll in C7 F But I'll be thinking of you and how it might have been F Bb F Hear the nightbird cry and watch the sunset down C7 F Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island F Bb F And watch the sun go down, hear the sea roll in. Dm7 C#+ e|-----------1--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------1----------------5---------------------------------------------| G|-------------2-------3----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------5---------------------------------------------| A|------------------------4-------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ============================================================================