i’ve seen a couple versions of this tab , but i felt most were off a bit . i think
this version sounds a tad better! feel free to email/make corrections : ) it’s A
weird strumming pattern that you’ll have to figure out on your own
capo 1st fret
A E A D A E A
i will live my life as a lobsterman’s wife on an island in the blue bay .
A E A7 D
he will take care of me , he will smell like the sea ,
A E A
and close to my heart he’ll always stay .
A E A D A
i will bear three girls all with strawberry curls , little ella and
E A
nelly and faye .
A E A7 D
while i’m combing their hair , i will catch his warm stare
A E A
on our island in the blue bay .
E E7 D A
far away far away , i want to go far away .
E A
to a new life on a new shore line .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D ( hold . . )
to another island , in another life .
A
A E A D A E A
there’s a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar .
E A7 D
and i think he’s the tops , he’s where everything stops .
A E A
how i love to love him from afar .
A E A D A
when he walks right pass me then i finally see on this bar stool i can’t
E
stay .
A E A7 D
so i’m taking my frown to a far distant town
A E A
on an island in the blue bay .
E E7 D A
far away far away , i want to go far away .
E A
to a new life on a new shore line .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D ( hold . . )
to another island , in another life .
( the bridge is various as and es . . . play to your liking as long as you end on A )
i want to go far away .
away away , i want to go far away , away , away
i want to go far away , far away .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D A
to another life , to another life .
E
to another shore line
D ( hold . . ) A ( hold . . )
in another life .
i’ve seen a couple versions of this tab , but i felt most were off a bit . i think
this version sounds a tad better! feel free to email/make corrections : ) it’s A
weird strumming pattern that you’ll have to figure out on your own
capo 1st fret
A E A D A E A
i will live my life as a lobsterman’s wife on an island in the blue bay .
A E A7 D
he will take care of me , he will smell like the sea ,
A E A
and close to my heart he’ll always stay .
A E A D A
i will bear three girls all with strawberry curls , little ella and
E A
nelly and faye .
A E A7 D
while i’m combing their hair , i will catch his warm stare
A E A
on our island in the blue bay .
E E7 D A
far away far away , i want to go far away .
E A
to a new life on a new shore line .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D ( hold . . )
to another island , in another life .
A
A E A D A E A
there’s a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar .
E A7 D
and i think he’s the tops , he’s where everything stops .
A E A
how i love to love him from afar .
A E A D A
when he walks right pass me then i finally see on this bar stool i can’t
E
stay .
A E A7 D
so i’m taking my frown to a far distant town
A E A
on an island in the blue bay .
E E7 D A
far away far away , i want to go far away .
E A
to a new life on a new shore line .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D ( hold . . )
to another island , in another life .
( the bridge is various as and es . . . play to your liking as long as you end on A )
i want to go far away .
away away , i want to go far away , away , away
i want to go far away , far away .
E E7 D A
where the water is blue and the people are new .
E D A
to another life , to another life .
E
to another shore line
D ( hold . . ) A ( hold . . )
in another life .
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