Verse 1:
A E F#m D
I will live my life as a lobster-man's wife
A E A E
on an island in the blue bay
A E
He will take care of me
F#m D
he will smell like the sea
A E A
And close to my heart he'll always stay
A E F#m D
I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls
A E A E
little Ella and Nelly and Faye
A E F#m D
While I'm combing their hair I will catch his warm stare
A E A
On our island in the blue bay
Chorus:
E F#m A
Far away far away I want to go far away
A E
To a new life on a new shore line
E F#m A
Where the water is blue and the people are new
E D Dm A
To another island in another life
Verse 2:
A E F#m D
There's a boy next to me and he never will be
A E A E
anything but a boy at the bar
A E
And I think he's the tops
F#m D
he's where everything stops
A E A E
How I love to love him from afar
D A F#m D
When he walks right pass me then I finally see
A D E
on this bar stool I can't stay
A E F#m D
So I'm taking my frown to a far distant town
A E A
On an island in the blue bay
(Chorus)
Bridge:
A
I want to go far away
F#m E
Away away I want to go far away away away
A
I want to go far away far away
Interlude:E, F#m, A, E, F#m
E F#m A
Where the water is blue and the people are new
E F#m A
To another life to another life
E
To another shore line
D Dm A
In another life