Island girl       (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

    Bm - G      Bm - G

 

                      Bm                                                 G

1. I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey, so sweet,

                          A                                   G

    down where Lexington cross 47th Street.

                 Bm                                               G

    She's a big girl, she's standing six foot three,

                 D                                      A     F

    turning tricks for the dudes in the big city.

 

F C      G                                                                   D

Island girl, what you wanting with the white man's world ?

F C      G                                                         D

Island girl, black boy want you in his island world.

                   G                          D

He want to take you from the racket boss,

                  G7                          C

he want to save you, but the cause is lost.

G               G7             C          -  A

Island girl, island girl, island g…..irl !

  G                                                        C     D       G

Tell me, what you wanting with the white man's world !

 

     Bm - G      Bm - G

 

               Bm                                               G

2. She's black as coal, but she burn like a fire,

                     A                                                            G

    and she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire.

                         Bm                                              G

    You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake,

                   D                            A                                 F 

    oho, he one more gone, he one more John, who make the mistake.

 

    + CHORUS

 

    Bm - G   Bm - G       + verse 2 as instrumental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F C      G                                                                   D

Island girl, what you wanting with the white man's world ?

F C      G                                                         D

Island girl, black boy want you in his island world.

                   G                          D

He want to take you from the racket boss,

                  G7                          C

he want to save you, but the cause is lost.

G               G7             C          -  A

Island girl, island girl, island g…..irl !

  G                                                        C     D      

Tell me, what you wanting, with the white man !

  G                                                        C      D     

Tell me, what you wanting, with the white man !

  G                                                        C      D     

Tell me, what you wanting, with the white man !

 

    + Bm - G    Bm - G      Bm - G

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)       (Elton John)