No One Is An Island Chords
by Joan Baez
No One Is An Island by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, Am, G7/D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G D Em
No one is an island
C D G
No one stands alone
C D G Em
Each one's joy is joy to me
Am G D
Each one's grief is my own
G D Em
We need one another
C D G G7/D
So I will defend
C D G Am
Each one as my neighbor
C D7 G
Each one as my friend
Bridge
G D Em
I saw the people gather
C D G G7/D
I heard the music start
C D G Am
The song that they were singing
C D7 G
Is ringing in my heart
verse 2
G D Em
No one is an island
C D G
Way out in the blue
C D G Em
We all look to the one above
Am G D
For our strength to renew
G D Em
When I help my neighbor
C D G G7/D
Then I know that I
C D G Am
Plant the seed of friendship
C D7 G
That will never die