Island Girl Chords
by Elton John
Island Girl by Elton John is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Bb, Bb/F, C/G, F, Ab, Eb, Bb/A, Bb7, Eb/G, F7/A and F/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Dm Bb
Dm Bb/F
I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey so sweet
C/G F Bb
Down where Lexington cross 47th Street
Dm Bb/F
She's a big girl, she's standing six foot three
F C/G Ab
Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city
Eb Bb
Island girl
F
What you wanting with the white man's world
Eb Bb
Island girl
F
Black boy want you in his island world
Bb Bb/A
He want to take you from the racket boss
Bb7 Eb
He want to save you but the cause is lost
Bb Bb7 Eb
Island girl, island girl, island girl
Bb/F Eb/G F7/A Bb
Tell me what you wanting with the white man's world
F Bb F Bb
Dm Bb/F
She's black as coal but she burn like a fire
C/G F/A Bb
And she wrap herself around you like a well worn tire
Dm Bb/F
You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake
F C/G Ab
He one more gone, he one more John who make the mistake
repeat chorus
then repeat verse chords for instrumental break
repeat chous again
F Bb/F F Bb/F F Bb/F