I Am An Island Chords
I Am An Island by Merle Haggard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
They say no man is an island
C G
Thats all I hear from my old friends
They say I should forget you
C D
And learn to love again
G
But I don't need nobody
C G
Tryin to tell me what to do
And I don't want nobody else
D G
If I can't have you.
G C Am G
I am an island, I just want to be alone
D
Time means nothing to a stone
G
I am an island
C Am G
I am an island, I'm driftin on the sea
D
Till you come back to me
G
I am an island
G
I've boarded up the windows
C G
Locked and bolted all the doors
I don't want nobody
C D
Comin round to see me anymore
G
I just wanna hold your picture
C G
Lose my mind in your sweet perfume
Sit here in the shadows
D G
Starin out the window of our room
G C Am G
I am an island, I just want to be alone
D
Time means nothing to a stone
G
I am an island
C Am G
I am an island, I'm driftin on the sea
D
Till you come back to me
G
I am an island
G C Am G
I am an island, I just want to be alone
D
Time means nothing to a stone
G
I am an island
C Am G
I am an island, I'm driftin on the sea
D
Till you come back to me
G
I am an island