the GBV's songbook

name: Chance to Buy an Island
album: Not in my Airforce
date: 1996
author(s): Robert Pollard
© 1996 Needmore song (BMI)

chords:


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G  F#/G  C  F

G
  F#/G          C       F                 G    F#/G
Chance to buy an island- Iīll sell it to you
          C     F   G
Itīs not so bad
      F#/G                C   F          G  
Check out the "for sale" sign- Itīs for you
     F#/G             C     F
And hey, itīs really nice

C# F# C F

G
                   C
Can I offer you a find?
                      F     C F F# G
Can I oil your rusty mind?
                      C
If I tell you all I know
                      F
Can I pack it up and go?

C# F# C F  G

     F#/G               C        F
And now you're ten years colder
                  G    F#/G
At least you're alive
                    C   F   G
And that's not too bad
         F#/G          C       F 
And you can't afford an island
               G     F#/G
Put it up for sale
                   C         F
And hey, donīt think twice

C# F# C F

G
                   C
Can I offer you a find?
                      F     C F F# G
Can I oil your rusty mind?
                      C
If I tell you all I know
                      F
Can I pack it up and go?

C# F# C F   G
                       C# F# C F
And hey, donīt think twice

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originally tabbed by: Juha Vanonen.
additions by: Rémi.