Back to the Island Chords by Jimmy Buffett

[Start]

[Verse]
Bb7 Eb                         Cm                               
■   ■  Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you girl
           Gm           Ab  Bb7       Eb  
What could I do without you ■   in my life
Cm               G          Eb                 F7   
Wonderin' if you love me or just makin' a fool of me
       Ab       Eb                Fm7       Bb7         Eb    
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
                             Ab  
Chorus: And watch the sun go down


[Chorus]
                  Eb
Hear the sea roll in
                        Bb7
But I'll be thinking of you
    Bb Bb7              Eb       
And ■  ■   how it might have been
                     Ab 
Hear the night birds cry
      Eb            
Watch the sunset die
       Bb       Bb7        Bb     Bb7                   Eb    
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island


[Solo]
Cm Eb Bb7 Bb Gm7 Bb7
■  ■  ■   ■  ■   ■  
Eb Cm7 Cm
■  ■   ■ 


[Verse]
                     Eb  Ab                    Eb   
For all of the sunny sky ■  It's raining in my heart
Cm             Bb7                Eb            
I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you


[Chorus]
    Cm            Eb       Ab                   Eb    
But it had to end this way for all the games we played
       Ab       Eb                          Bb7         Eb    
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
                     Ab  
And watch the sun go down
                  Eb
Hear the sea roll in
                        Eb 
But I'll be thinking of you
Bb7                   Eb  
And how it might have been
                     Ab 
Hear the night birds cry
                 Eb 
Watch the sunset die
       Bb                                               Eb     Cm7 Eb Ab
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island ■   ■  ■ 
Eb                    Cm7 Bb  
Sit and watch the sun go  down
              Bb7 Eb         
Listen to the ■   sea roll in
Eb                             
Yes and I'll be thinking of you


[Outro]
Ab                             
Thinking how it might have been
                          Fm7
Listen to the night birds cry
Eb                          
Sit and watch the sunset die
                Cm7                              Bb            Eb
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island ■