Verse1: start with C#m



                          G#m

Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea

F#m                           G#m

Waves sweep the sand from my island.

    C#m           F#m

My sunsets fade. Field and glade 

      G#m

wait only for rain

F#m                     G#m

Grain after grain love erodes my

      C#m                  G#m

High weathered walls which fend off the tide

F#m                    G#m     C#m

Cradle the wind to my island.



Verse2:



Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide

Mournfully glide o'er my island.

My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,

Dissolves in the sun.

Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run

Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes

Violet skies touch my island, touch me.



Chorus:



E                        A

Beneath the wind turned wave

E         A

Infinite peace

E              A                     E

Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.



Verse3:



Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone

Hungrily reach from my island.

Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds

Are strewn on my shore.

Equal in love, bound in circles.

Earth, stream and tree return to the sea

Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.