C 
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown 
C 
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb. 
      F                                      C     F C 
I was soft inside, there was something goin' on 
C 
You do something to me that I can't explain 
C                                          F 
  Hold me closer and I feel no pain, ev'ry beat of my heart 
                        C 
We got something goin' on

               Fmaj7 
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication 
Fm 
  All this love we feel needs no conversation 
   C 
We ride it together, uh huh 
        C 
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

           C                        F 
Islands in the stream, that is what we are 
          Dm 
No one in between, how can we be wrong 
          C             F 
Sail away with me to another world 
         C 
And we rely on each other, uh huh 
          Dm                  C 
From one lover to another, uh huh

G# 
I can't live without you if the love was gone 
G# 
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one 
            C# 
And you did walk in the night 
                           G#         C# G# 
Slowly losin' sight of the real thing 
    G# 
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt 
G# 
  Too deep in love and we got no way out 
        C# 
And the message is clear, this could be the year 
        G# 
For the real thing

                 C#maj7 
No more will you cry. Baby I will hurt you never 
   C#m 
We start and end as one in love forever we can 
G# 
Ride it together, uh huh 
        G# 
Makin' love with each other, uh huh

           G#                       C# 
Islands in the stream, that is what we are 
          A#m 
No one in between, how can we be wrong 
          G#            C# 
Sail away with me to another world 
         G# 
And we rely on each other, uh huh 
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh

C#   E   G# 
             Sail away 
C#       E             G# 
   I can sail away. Be with me

           G#                       C# 
Islands in the stream, that is what we are 
          A#m 
No one in between, how can we be wrong 
          G#            C# 
Sail away with me to another world 
         G# 
And we rely on each other, uh huh 
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh 
           G#                       C# 
Islands in the stream, that is what we are 
          A#m 
No one in between, how can we be wrong 
          G#            C# 
Sail away with me to another world 
         G# 
And we rely on each other, uh huh 
          A#m                 G# 
From one lover to another, uh huh