Biography:
Christine Anu is an Australian pop singer/songwriter/actress of Torres Strait Islander descent. She is an Australian icon, and her cover of “My Island Home” is the song that she is most known for. She studied dancing at school, thinking that it would lead her into a singing career.
She has also worked as a cultural ambassador for Torres Strait Islanders, and she is associated with the "Deadlys" - the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, sport, entertainment and community awards.
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Island Home – Christine Anu
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(the original version from the album Stylin’ Up)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/stylin-up/id213622145
[Intro] D (8)
[Verse 1]
D(8) G(4) D(4)
Six years I’ve been in the city and every night I dream of the sea
D(8) A(2) G(2) D(4)
They say home is where you find it, will this place ever satisfy me?
[Verse 2]
D(8) G(4) D(4)
For I come from the salt water people, We always live by the sea
D(8) A(2) G(2) D(4)
Now I'm down here living in the city, With my man and a family
[Chorus]
Bm(2) A(2) D(4) A(2) G(2) D(4)
My island home, my island home. My island home, is waiting for me
Bm(2) A(2) D(4) A(2) G(2) D(4)
My island home, my island home. My island home, is waiting for me
[Verse 3]
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
In the evening dry wind blows
D(4) G(4)
From the hills and across the plains
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
I close my eyes and I'm standing
D(4) G(4)
In a boat on the sea again
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
And I'm holding that long turtle spear
D(4) G(4)
And I feel I'm close now, to where it must be
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
My island home is waiting for me
[Bridge] – D(8)
[Verse 2]
[Chorus x2]
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The second version Island Home (Earth Beat) has slightly different chords
and different words – references Australia directly etc.
(original original version by the Warumpi Band)
___________________________
(the original version from the album Stylin’ Up)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/stylin-up/id213622145
[Intro] D (8)
[Verse 1]
D(8) G(4) D(4)
Six years I’ve been in the city and every night I dream of the sea
D(8) A(2) G(2) D(4)
They say home is where you find it, will this place ever satisfy me?
[Verse 2]
D(8) G(4) D(4)
For I come from the salt water people, We always live by the sea
D(8) A(2) G(2) D(4)
Now I'm down here living in the city, With my man and a family
[Chorus]
Bm(2) A(2) D(4) A(2) G(2) D(4)
My island home, my island home. My island home, is waiting for me
Bm(2) A(2) D(4) A(2) G(2) D(4)
My island home, my island home. My island home, is waiting for me
[Verse 3]
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
In the evening dry wind blows
D(4) G(4)
From the hills and across the plains
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
I close my eyes and I'm standing
D(4) G(4)
In a boat on the sea again
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
And I'm holding that long turtle spear
D(4) G(4)
And I feel I'm close now, to where it must be
Bm(2) A(2) D(4)
My island home is waiting for me
[Bridge] – D(8)
[Verse 2]
[Chorus x2]
__________________________________________________________________________
The second version Island Home (Earth Beat) has slightly different chords
and different words – references Australia directly etc.
(original original version by the Warumpi Band)
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