Biography:
Islands is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles, California
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Islands is a 6 piece band founded in 2005 by The Unicorns co-founder/songwriter Nick Thorburn (often performing as "Nick Diamonds") and drummer J'Aime Tambeur. Following the untimely disbandment of The Unicorns as they teetered on the brink of breaking through, Islands' debut release entitled Return to the Sea
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Other songs:
- In A Dream It Seemed Real
- Rough Gem
- Abominable Snowman
- Back Into It
- Christmas Tree
- Dont Call Me Whitney Bobby
- Dont I Love You
- Fear
- Hallways
- Heartbeat
- Here Here
- Humans
- I Feel Evil Creeping In
- In The Rushes
- Jogging Gorgeous Summer
- Life In Jail
- Lonely Love
- Nil
- No Crying
- No Milk No Sugar
- Oh Maria
- Stop Me Now
- Swallows
- Switched On
- Tender Torture
- The Joke
- This Is Not A Song
- Vapours
- Volcanoes
- Wave Forms
- Well Do It So You Dont Have To
- Where Theres A Will Theres A Whalebone
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
In the Rushes tab
Em* - x79987
Bm* - 799777
Am - 577555
Bm - x24432
Em - 022000
C - x32010
F# - 244322
B - x24442
Dm - x57765
A/C# - x4765x
E5 - 022xxx
B/D# - x6987x
G - 355433
G6/E - 05543x
C* - x35553
Dm* - xx0231
G* - 320033
Am* - x02210
Asus4 - x02230
EmaddC - 022010
Em7 - 022030
Csus4/F - x8101088
E5 - x799xx
Fo - xx3x6x
Go - xx5x8x
Ao - xx7x10x
Csus4/G - 33356x
Eno5 - x7x99x
Esus4no5 - x7x910x
A - 577655
E - 022100
F#sus4/C# - x44422
F#sus4/C#* - xxx677
F#/C# - xxx676
D - xx0232
C5 - x355xx
A5 - 577xxx
G5 - 355xxx
A* - x02220
Em* Bm* Am |
e|-------------------------------14--14h17p14----14---1412--12--12-14-12-------|
B|-12--12h15p12----12---12-15/17--------------17--------------------------15-12-|
G|--------------14--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm Em(1)
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---1512-1210-107-7/12-12---|
14----------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
[Riff A]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-0-0-0-2-3-0-|
C F# B
Dm A/C#
Barefoot, passing through
Am Bm E5
I knelt down to get a better view
Dm A/C#
Of what grew there; well what grew there?
Em* B/D#
Scared, heard a terrible sound
Am B Em*
Lay down, played dead, that's when I heard it clearer
[Riff A] C F# B
In the rushes a voice said
Dm Am
You can walk around forever
G G6/E Am
And never notice me
Am Dm
A little closer in the rushes
G C*
Hiding down among the reeds
C Dm* G* Em
A seed, A seed
C Am* G C*
A seed, A seed
F# B
Ohhhhh
Em* B/D#
I swallowed, it digested quick
Em* Bm Em
But not enough to not make me sick, I lost it
[Riff A] C F# B
It tasted like a light going off inside my mind
Dm A/C# Am Bm* Em*
[For this section, play the chords (listen for timing) followed by this riff:]
[Riff B]
e|-0-0-0-1-------|
B|---------0-3-1-|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B] [Riff B] [Riff B] Am*
La la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la
Dm* Asus4 EmaddC Am*
Then suddenly I was outside of harm's way, forgetting the desire to remember
Dm* Am* Em7 Am*
Trans tourist vanished, finished damaged playback, I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
Dm* Em7
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
Am Dm Csus4/F E5
Fo Go Ao
C Csus4/G C Csus4/G C Csus4/G
Then I coughed up blood Scraped it off my tongue Sucked it off my thumb
Am* F Em Am* Dm Bm*
And it was rotten, ohhhh Oooooh
[Riff C]
Eno5 Esus4no5 Eno5 Esus4no5 Eno5
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-9-9-9-10-10-9-9----9-9-9-10-10-9-9----|
G|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9----9-9-9-9--9--9-9----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7----7-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
E|---------------------------------------|
Em* B/D#
Care, to care; I knelt down but you weren't there
Am Bm* Em*
Anymore; I was pushed into a bush
[Riff A] C F# B
In the rushes on the screen, it was all acting
Dm A/C# Am Bm* Em*
[Riff A] C F# B
[Riff A var 1]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-1-1-1-2-4-1-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Am B Em
[Riff A var 2]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-0-|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
C F# B
B F# A E G F# F#sus4/C#
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
F#sus4/C#* F#/C#
[Riff D]
D Asus4
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------3-----------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-2-----|
E|---------------------------------|
[Riff D] x2
[Riff D]
Cellos cellos cellos cellos, cellos cellos cellos cellos, cellos cellos cellos
cellos, cellos cellos cellos cellos
I can't believe it, believe that I had seen it
Remember who was in my arms, remember when I had arms
C G* D Am*
It's like a dream the way that it unfolded
C G* D C5 A5
Like I'm here in the rushes without knowing
[Riff D]
I kissed it but I must admit, I missed it now I do f-f-forget
C G* D
Like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You've been forgotten
G5 A5 D
You've been forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G* A*
You are all forgo-
D G5 A5
Oooooh ooooooh
D G5 A5
Oooooh ooooooh
D G5 A5 D G5 A5
Oooooh You are forgotten
C G* A* A* D
You are all forgotten
Em* - x79987
Bm* - 799777
Am - 577555
Bm - x24432
Em - 022000
C - x32010
F# - 244322
B - x24442
Dm - x57765
A/C# - x4765x
E5 - 022xxx
B/D# - x6987x
G - 355433
G6/E - 05543x
C* - x35553
Dm* - xx0231
G* - 320033
Am* - x02210
Asus4 - x02230
EmaddC - 022010
Em7 - 022030
Csus4/F - x8101088
E5 - x799xx
Fo - xx3x6x
Go - xx5x8x
Ao - xx7x10x
Csus4/G - 33356x
Eno5 - x7x99x
Esus4no5 - x7x910x
A - 577655
E - 022100
F#sus4/C# - x44422
F#sus4/C#* - xxx677
F#/C# - xxx676
D - xx0232
C5 - x355xx
A5 - 577xxx
G5 - 355xxx
A* - x02220
Em* Bm* Am |
e|-------------------------------14--14h17p14----14---1412--12--12-14-12-------|
B|-12--12h15p12----12---12-15/17--------------17--------------------------15-12-|
G|--------------14--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm Em(1)
------------------------------|
---1512-1210-107-7/12-12---|
14----------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
[Riff A]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-0-0-0-2-3-0-|
C F# B
Dm A/C#
Barefoot, passing through
Am Bm E5
I knelt down to get a better view
Dm A/C#
Of what grew there; well what grew there?
Em* B/D#
Scared, heard a terrible sound
Am B Em*
Lay down, played dead, that's when I heard it clearer
[Riff A] C F# B
In the rushes a voice said
Dm Am
You can walk around forever
G G6/E Am
And never notice me
Am Dm
A little closer in the rushes
G C*
Hiding down among the reeds
C Dm* G* Em
A seed, A seed
C Am* G C*
A seed, A seed
F# B
Ohhhhh
Em* B/D#
I swallowed, it digested quick
Em* Bm Em
But not enough to not make me sick, I lost it
[Riff A] C F# B
It tasted like a light going off inside my mind
Dm A/C# Am Bm* Em*
[For this section, play the chords (listen for timing) followed by this riff:]
[Riff B]
e|-0-0-0-1-------|
B|---------0-3-1-|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B]
Am* C Em [Riff B] [Riff B] [Riff B] Am*
La la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la
Dm* Asus4 EmaddC Am*
Then suddenly I was outside of harm's way, forgetting the desire to remember
Dm* Am* Em7 Am*
Trans tourist vanished, finished damaged playback, I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
Dm* Em7
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
Am Dm Csus4/F E5
Fo Go Ao
C Csus4/G C Csus4/G C Csus4/G
Then I coughed up blood Scraped it off my tongue Sucked it off my thumb
Am* F Em Am* Dm Bm*
And it was rotten, ohhhh Oooooh
[Riff C]
Eno5 Esus4no5 Eno5 Esus4no5 Eno5
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-9-9-9-10-10-9-9----9-9-9-10-10-9-9----|
G|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9----9-9-9-9--9--9-9----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7----7-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
E|---------------------------------------|
Em* B/D#
Care, to care; I knelt down but you weren't there
Am Bm* Em*
Anymore; I was pushed into a bush
[Riff A] C F# B
In the rushes on the screen, it was all acting
Dm A/C# Am Bm* Em*
[Riff A] C F# B
[Riff A var 1]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-1-1-1-2-4-1-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Am B Em
[Riff A var 2]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-0-|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
C F# B
B F# A E G F# F#sus4/C#
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
F#sus4/C#* F#/C#
[Riff D]
D Asus4
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------3-----------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-2-----|
E|---------------------------------|
[Riff D] x2
[Riff D]
Cellos cellos cellos cellos, cellos cellos cellos cellos, cellos cellos cellos
cellos, cellos cellos cellos cellos
I can't believe it, believe that I had seen it
Remember who was in my arms, remember when I had arms
C G* D Am*
It's like a dream the way that it unfolded
C G* D C5 A5
Like I'm here in the rushes without knowing
[Riff D]
I kissed it but I must admit, I missed it now I do f-f-forget
C G* D
Like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You've been forgotten
G5 A5 D
You've been forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G5 A5 D
You are forgotten
G* A*
You are all forgo-
D G5 A5
Oooooh ooooooh
D G5 A5
Oooooh ooooooh
D G5 A5 D G5 A5
Oooooh You are forgotten
C G* A* A* D
You are all forgotten
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