Gordon Lightfoot Seven Island Suite chords

Seven Island Suite by Gordon Lightfoot

Seven Island Suite

Standard tuning, played open or capo on the 2nd fret

 Intro:  (A)  (Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)

  Em    A       Em    A
 Seven islands to the high side
  Em    A     Em       A
 Of the bay, 'cross the bay 
  Em    A      Em          A
 To the sunset through the blue light 
  Em  A      Em    A     Em A
 Of a fiery autumn haze  
 Em      A       Em     A
 We went walking on the high side 
 Em     A        Em     A
 Of the bay on a chilly morn 
 Em     A       Em         A
 And we saw how leaves had fallen 
 Em     A          Em        A
 On the beds where trees are born 
 C               A                   C 
 Any man in his right mind could not fail to be
 D    A
made aware
 C                        A
 Any woman with a gift of wisdom 
          C        D       A     Asus4/2 A
Would not seek her answers there

Seven islands to the high side of the bay if you're looking west 

To the sunset you can see it, all in fiery autumn dress 

Anytime would be the right time to come up to your bed of boughs

Anybody with a wish to wander could not fail but to be aroused

(Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)

 Em                 A     Em                     A           Em
 Living high in the city, guess you think it's a pretty good way
 

           A         Em                          A          Em  
You get to learn but when you get burned you got nothing to say

  
            A        Em                     A
You seem to think because you got chicken to go 
          Em
you're in luck 
 C                D                G
 Fortune will not find you in your mansion or your 
  Am
 Truck
 C               D                    G
 Brothers will desert you when you're down and shit out of
 A
 luck

(Asus4/2)  (A)  (G)  (Em)  (A)  (Em)  (A)

Look around at the morning; guess you're doing the best you can
Surely you know that when you go nobody gives you a hand 

Think of the air you're breathing in, think of the time you waste

Think of the right and wrong and consider the frown on your face

 C                                 A                C        D
 It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need
   A                            
 a rest 
C                         A              C        D
Any woman or a man with a wish to fade away, could be so
A                                                   
blessed 
 C                D                G                 Am
 Fortune will not find you in your mansion turned to gold


 C                D                 G                    F
 Brothers will desert you when your nights turn long and cold



G       C          F         G       F            C          F
If you feel it you better believe it you’re gonna see it, so you 
        G
 really know

F     C      F      G       F           C       F     G             
It is rising like a feather dipping and dancing from below
                         
 
                       
F         C        F       G        F      C         F
There's a new wave that is breaking in the wake of a passing 
G
ship
                            
 
 F     C        F        G      F        C       F            G  F C
 Every nation's gonna be shaken Put it together, don’t let it slip
                          
 

It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest 
Any man or a woman with a wish to fade away could be so blessed
Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay 
To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze 
To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze