Biography:
Islands is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles, California
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Islands is a 6 piece band founded in 2005 by The Unicorns co-founder/songwriter Nick Thorburn (often performing as "Nick Diamonds") and drummer J'Aime Tambeur. Following the untimely disbandment of The Unicorns as they teetered on the brink of breaking through, Islands' debut release entitled Return to the Sea
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Other songs:
- In A Dream It Seemed Real
- Rough Gem
- Abominable Snowman
- Back Into It
- Christmas Tree
- Dont Call Me Whitney Bobby
- Dont I Love You
- Fear
- Hallways
- Heartbeat
- Here Here
- Humans
- I Feel Evil Creeping In
- In The Rushes
- Jogging Gorgeous Summer
- Life In Jail
- Lonely Love
- Nil
- No Crying
- No Milk No Sugar
- Oh Maria
- Stop Me Now
- Swallows
- Switched On
- Tender Torture
- The Joke
- This Is Not A Song
- Vapours
- Volcanoes
- Wave Forms
- Well Do It So You Dont Have To
- Where Theres A Will Theres A Whalebone
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Islands - Back Into It
Standard Tuning & No Capo
[Verse 1]
Bb
Those songs we used to sing
Gm Cm
We haven't sung them in so long
Bb Gm
I'll sing one with you now
C F
But first tell me how much I get for biting my tongue
C F
I kept my mouth shut but still I got stung, so
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
All gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
[Verse 2]
Gm Cm D
Making it up just to make it now
D
Yeah, I got it down
Gm Cm F
Propped it up, but right away it fell
F
It ain't too hard to tell that
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
It's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
Bb Gm
You're all wrong
Cm F
And that's when I knew it
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
And it was all gone
[Verse 3]
Bb
You, sense destroyer
Eb Cm
A spiritualist
Bb
Me, a sense enjoyer
Bb Cm
Materialist
C
But you're never going to tell me what I can say
F
You're never going to take my wings away
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
Now it's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
[Verse 4]
Gm Cm D
I played along with the lunacy
D
I played along
Gm Cm F
I played along like it was new to me
F
Just to get along
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
But now it's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
Bb Gm
You're all wrong
Cm F
And that's when I knew it
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
And it was all gone
[Outro]
Bb
Those songs we used to sing
Gm Cm
We haven't sung them in so long
Bb Gm
I'll sing one for you now:
Cm
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Dm Eb F
La-la-la-la-la...
Standard Tuning & No Capo
[Verse 1]
Bb
Those songs we used to sing
Gm Cm
We haven't sung them in so long
Bb Gm
I'll sing one with you now
C F
But first tell me how much I get for biting my tongue
C F
I kept my mouth shut but still I got stung, so
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
All gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
[Verse 2]
Gm Cm D
Making it up just to make it now
D
Yeah, I got it down
Gm Cm F
Propped it up, but right away it fell
F
It ain't too hard to tell that
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
It's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
Bb Gm
You're all wrong
Cm F
And that's when I knew it
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
And it was all gone
[Verse 3]
Bb
You, sense destroyer
Eb Cm
A spiritualist
Bb
Me, a sense enjoyer
Bb Cm
Materialist
C
But you're never going to tell me what I can say
F
You're never going to take my wings away
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
Now it's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
[Verse 4]
Gm Cm D
I played along with the lunacy
D
I played along
Gm Cm F
I played along like it was new to me
F
Just to get along
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
But now it's all gone
Cm F
How do you do it?
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
For so long
Bb Gm
You're all wrong
Cm F
And that's when I knew it
Bb Gm
You put your back into it
Cm F
And it was all gone
[Outro]
Bb
Those songs we used to sing
Gm Cm
We haven't sung them in so long
Bb Gm
I'll sing one for you now:
Cm
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Dm Eb F
La-la-la-la-la...
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