Living On An Island Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays372

Living On An Island by Status Quo is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D/A, G, D, Dsus, F#m, Bm, E, Bm/A, Em, C#m7, F#, B, G#m, C#m and C#m/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: : A : D/A : A : D/A : G : D : Dsus - D: D/A means D chord with 'A' bass 
 
A 
Easy when you're number one 
      F#m 
Everybody say you're having fun 
  A 
Smiling for the public eye 
           F#m 
When your body say you wanna die 
 Bm                E 
Living on an island 
 F#m 
Looking at another line 
 A                        Bm/A 
Waiting for my friend to come 
               A 
And we'll get high 
 
 A 
Hugh he got a real nice place 
  F#m 
Cruxie gonna be there soon 
    A 
And I just want to see his face 
             F#m 
I'm getting lonely in my empty room 
 Bm                 E 
Living on an island 
 F#m 
Working at another line 
 A                        Bm/A 
Waiting for my friend to come 
               A 
And we'll get high 
 
 Em                    D 
Passing time away in blue skies 
  Em                      D 
Thinking of the smile in her eyes 
C#m7       F# 
Easy, it's easy 
 
 B 
Living on an island 
G#m 
Oh boy, we're having fun 
 B 
Living on an island 
  G#m 
Thinking 'bout the things I've done 
 C#m                F# 
Living on an island 
 G#m 
Searching for an other line 
 B                       C#m/B 
Waiting for my friend to come 
               B 
And we'll get high 
 B                       Em 
Waiting for my friend to come 
               G#m - B 
And we'll get high 
                        G#m - B 
I said we're gonna get high 
                       G#m - B 
Yeah, we're gonna get high 
                           G#m                         A - E - B 
We're gonna touch the sky 
  A-E-B A-E-B A-E-B A-E-B A-E-B A-E-B 
sky...sky...sky...sky...sky...sky... 
 
(the synth finishes off the song to fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante