Songnotes
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Intro
| Em . . . | Am . . . | D . . . | G . . . | (with riff)Verse
Em Am D G . . . . . When you're on a holiday You can't find the words to say All the things that come to you And I wanna feel it tooChorus
On an island in the sun We'll be playin' and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain (repeat intro) When you're on a golden sea You don't need to memory Just a place to call your own As we drift into the cove On an island in the sun We'll be playin' and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brainBridge
D G ...We'll run away together D G ...We'll spend some time forever C Am D ...We'll never feel bad anymore... (repeat intro, add solo) On an island in the sun We'll be playin' and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain We'll run away together We'll spend some time forever We'll never feel bad anymore---- (repeat intro to end)
Here are open chords that can be used to play this song. Be sure to note the Main Riff, which shows an alternative way to play these chords.
e-|----0-------0-------2------3------0----- B-|----0-------1-------3------0------1----- G-|----0-------2-------2------0------0----- D-|----2-------2-------0------0------2----- A-|----2-------0--------------2------3----- E-|----0----------------------3------------ Em Am D G C
This can be played during the verses as well, since the same chords are used.
e-|---3----5-5---2--2---3-3---- B-|---5----5-5---3--3---3-3---- G-|---4----5-5---2--2---4-4---- D-|---5----7-7---4--4---5-5---- A-|---------------------------- E-|---------------------------- Em Am D G
This riff is played over top of the chords during certain parts of the verse -- main the verse with "On on island in the sun..." lyrics. This is a great simple riff to learn. The trick is to bar (with your index finger) the 9th string for the Em and Am fills, and the 7th string for the D and G fills.
e-|----------------------------------------------------------- B-|-----8----8--------10----10--------7-----7--------8-----8-- G-|---9----9--------9-----9---------7-----7--------7-----7---- D-|----------------------------------------------------------- A-|----------------------------------------------------------- E-|----------------------------------------------------------- Em Am D G
| Em . . . | Am . . . | D . . . | G . . . | (repeat, with riff)
| Em . . . | Am . . . | D . . . | G . . . | (repeat)
| D . . . | . . . . | G . . . | . . . . | | D . . . | . . . . | G . . . | . . . . | | C . . . | . . . . | Am . . . | . . . . | | D . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . |
Song: Island in the Sun
Artist: Weezer
Album: Weezer (Green Album)
Year: 2001
Label: Geffen
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My name is David Potsiadlo, and I created Songnotes to share my collection of guitar tabs, chords, and lyrics for my favorite songs.
Since I started playing guitar over 10 years ago, I've often been frustrated by the preponderance of mediocre and incomplete song tabs littered across the internet. To combat this, I started keeping my own collection of notes for each song I learn -- always taking the extra time to make sure accuracy and completeness are never compromised. Years later, my collection grew to the point where I knew I had to share it online with fellow aspiring musicians.
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