Living On An Island Chords

by Status Quo
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Greg Harper [pro] 4,051.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 23, 2023

Chords

G
C
F
Csus4
Em
Am
D
Amadd11
Am/G
Dm7
B7sus4
E
A
F#m
Bm
Bm/A
Dm6

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Living On An Island
Status Quo
Whatever You Want 1979
 
A lovely one to strum along to.  Innit lovely?
If you want to strum along to the record then
you will need a capo on the second fret.
You can play it without a capo but it will put
it in the key of G (as they do it live).
(So obviously I have given you the shapes
not the actual chords)
 
UPDATE:
After nailing the bassline I have found some inversions
and extensions that I didn't see before.
NOTE: The bass changes the root note - not the guitar.
 
 
[Intro]
 
|G| |C| |G| |C| |F| |C| |Csus4 C|
 
 
G
Easy when you're number one
      Em
Everybody say you're having fun
G
Smiling for the public eye
           Em
When your body say you wanna die
Am                 D
Living on an island
Em
Looking at another line
G                         Amadd11
Waiting for my friend to come
               G
And we'll get high
 
 
G
Hugh he got a real nice place
Em
Cruxie gonna be there soon
    G
And I just want to see his face
             Em
I'm getting lonely in my empty room
Am                 D
Living on an island
Em
Working at another line
G                        Am/G
Waiting for my friend to come
                G
And we'll get high
 
 
Dm7                    C
Passing time away in blue skies
Dm7                       C
Thinking of the smile in her eyes
B7sus4      E
Easy, it's easy
 
 
A
Living on an island
F#m
Oh boy, we're having fun
A
Living on an island
F#m
Thinking 'bout the things I've done
Bm                  E
Living on an island
F#m
Searching for another line
A                        Bm/A
Waiting for my friend to come
               A
And we'll get high
A                         Dm6
Waiting for my friend to come
N.C.           F#m  A
And we'll get high
                       F#m  A
I said we're gonna get high
                      F#m  A
Yeah, we're gonna get high
F#m                       G D A
We're gonna touch the sky
 
 
|G| |D| |A| |A| to fade...
 
 
Live, they tend to end with a Dm6 I think.
Something like that.
I would play the Amadd11 thusly: 557555
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5 comments
biggles812
Suggest Capo 2nd fret at top
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Frampo56
It’s almost impossible to play on the guitar in my opinion , and I suspect it’s wrong. Ignore it.
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superteus
Can someone explain to me the Amadd11-chord?
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