My Island Home

|G |C |G | |C | |G | |G |C |G | |D |C |G | G C G Six years I've been in the desert C G And every night I dream of the sea G C G They say home is where you find it D C G But will this place ever satisfy me G C G For I come from the salt water people C G We always lived by the sea G C G Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs D C G With a wife and a family Em And my island home G My island home D C G My island home is a waiting for me Em D G In the evening the dry wind blows G C From the hills and across the plains Em D G I close my eyes and I'm standing G C In a boat on the sea again Em D G And I’m holding that long turtle spear G C And I feel I’m close now to where it must be D C G And my island home is a waiting for me |G |C |G | |C | |G | |G |C |G | |D |C |G | G C G For I come from the salt water people C G We always lived by the sea G C G Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs D C G With a wife and a family Em And my island home G My island home D C G My island home is a waiting for me Em D G In the evening the dry wind blows G C From the hills and across the plains Em D G I close my eyes and I'm standing G C In a boat on the sea again Em D G And I’m holding that long turtle spear G C And I feel I’m close now to where it must be D C G And my island home is a waiting for me Em And my island home G My island home D C G My island home is a waitin’ for me Exit Chorus 1 Em And my island home G My island home D My island home Am |Em |C My island home Exit Chorus 2 (repeat 3x times) G My island home D My island home Am My island home C My island home Finish on Em My island home