The Islander (Chords)
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[Verse]
Cm              Gsus4
An old man by a seashore
Fm/Ab         Ab
At the end of day
Fsus4       Ebsus4
Gazes the horizon
     Bb               C5
With sea winds in his face
Cm             Gsus4
Tempest-tossed island
Fm/Ab           Ab
Seasons all the same
Fsus4       Ebsus4
Anchorage unpainted
      Bb             C5
And a ship without a name

[Verse]
Cm              Gsus4       Fm/Ab          Ab
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
Fsus4           Ebsus4        Bb            C5
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Cm          Gsus4         Fm/Ab         Ab
Showing the way, lighting hope in their hearts
    Bbsus2        Ebsus4  Bb            C5
The ones on their travels homeward from afar

[Interlude]
(Msrco Hietala says some funny things to audience in Finnish)

[Chorus]
            Ab   Eb/G Bb Cm
This is for long-forgotten
Ab           Eb/F       C5
Light at the end of the world
  Ab Eb/G Bb Cm
Horizon crying
    Ab            Eb/G        C5
The tears he left behind long ago

[Instrumental]
Csus2 Gm/C Cm Fm/Ab Bb Fm/Ab
Csus2 Gm/C Cm Fm/Ab Bb Fm/Ab

[Verse]
    Cm           Gsus4    Fm/Ab       Ab
The albatross is flying making him daydream
    Fsus4       Ebsus4        Bb               C5
The time before he became one of the world's unseen
Cm              Gsus4 Bbsus2          Ab
Princess in the tower children in the fields
Fsus4            Ebsus4   Bb             C5
Life gave him it all an island of the universe, ahhhh

[Verse]
Cm               Gsus4    Fm           Ab
Now his love's a memory a ghost in the fog
   Bbsus2             Ebsus4           Bb              C5
He sets the sails one last time saying farewell to the world
Cm            Gsus4 Fm           Ab
Anchor to the water seabed far below
Bbsus2             Ebsus4     Bb                C5
Grass still in his feet and a smile beneath his brow

[Chorus]
            Ab   Eb Bb Cm
This is for long-forgotten
Ab           Eb         C
Light at the end of the world
  Ab Eb Bb Cm
Horizon crying
    Ab              Eb         Cm
The tears he left behind long ago

[Outro]
Csus2 Gm/C Cm Fm/Ab Bb Fm/Ab
               So long ago
Csus2 Gm/C Cm Fm/Ab Bb Fm/Ab
               So long ago

Cm
Ab Gm/Bb Cm
Ab Gm/Bb Cm
Cm

Cm          Ab   Eb Bb Cm
This is for long-forgotten
Ab           Eb         Fm Cm
Light at the end of the world
  Ab Eb Bb  Cm
Horizon crying
    Ab              Eb            Fm  Cm
The tears he left behind so long ago

Ab6 Fm Cm
          Ah yes
Ab Bb Cm
         So long ago
Ab6 Fm Cm
       So long ago ahh ahh 
Ab Fm Cm
      So long ago oh oh oh 
Fm7/Ab Bb Cm
Oh oh oooooh 
Fm      Bb Cm
So long ago so long ago
Fm7 Bb Cm
Ooooh oooh So long ago 
Ab Bb Cm
Oh oh yeah