Living On An Island
Status Quo
Whatever You Want 1979
A lovely one to strum along to. Innit lovely?
If you want to strum along to the record then
you will need a capo on the second fret.
You can play it without a capo but it will put
it in the key of G (as they do it live).
(So obviously I have given you the shapes
not the actual chords)
UPDATE:
After nailing the bassline I have found some inversions
and extensions that I didn't see before.
NOTE: The bass changes the root note - not the guitar.
INTRO: |G| |C| |G| |C| |F| |C| |Csus4 C|
G
Easy when you're number one
Em
Everybody say you're having fun
G
Smiling for the public eye
Em
When your body say you wanna die
Am D
Living on an island
Em
Looking at another line
G Amadd11
Waiting for my friend to come
G
And we'll get high
G
Hugh he got a real nice place
Em
Cruxie gonna be there soon
G
And I just want to see his face
Em
I'm getting lonely in my empty room
Am D
Living on an island
Em
Working at another line
G Am/G
Waiting for my friend to come
G
And we'll get high
Dm7 C
Passing time away in blue skies
Dm7 C
Thinking of the smile in her eyes
B7sus4 E
Easy, it's easy
A
Living on an island
F#m
Oh boy, we're having fun
A
Living on an island
F#m
Thinking 'bout the things I've done
Bm E
Living on an island
F#m
Searching for an other line
A Bm/A
Waiting for my friend to come
A
And we'll get high
A Dm6
Waiting for my friend to come
N.C. F#m A
And we'll get high
F#m A
I said we're gonna get high
F#m A
Yeah, we're gonna get high
F#m G D A
We're gonna touch the sky
|G| |D| |A| |A| to fade...
Live, they tend to end with a Dm6 I think.
Something like that.
I would play the Amadd11 thusly: 557555