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!
I love this song and am surprised there isn't a tab already for it.
Since there's nothing online I see yet I quickly penned out the
chords so you can play it. The whole thing revolves around
F#, B, and C#. I usually play them up higher on the fretboard
on the 9th fret. Standard tuning duh.
Intro
F#
F# B C#
I've put on something
you can't switch off
verse
F#
I won't buy, you won't cry
B C#
I know i will and you know how it feels
F#
on the northside on the southside
B C#
they sing along long when you switch on
break
chorus
F#
You switch on for the city
B
long gone from the city
F#
come on strong winds move on
F#
you belong in the city
B
I'm long for the city
F#
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
when in new york
I stay indoors go into the city
and switch up the pity
on the train someone says
something about how jesus saves
but I'm too lost to be found
you put on a good face, when i wasn't around
on the eastside
on the westside
they sing along when you switch on
You switch on for the city
long gone from the city
come on strong winds move on
you belong in the city
I'm long for the city
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
Since there's nothing online I see yet I quickly penned out the
chords so you can play it. The whole thing revolves around
F#, B, and C#. I usually play them up higher on the fretboard
on the 9th fret. Standard tuning duh.
Intro
F#
F# B C#
I've put on something
you can't switch off
verse
F#
I won't buy, you won't cry
B C#
I know i will and you know how it feels
F#
on the northside on the southside
B C#
they sing along long when you switch on
break
chorus
F#
You switch on for the city
B
long gone from the city
F#
come on strong winds move on
F#
you belong in the city
B
I'm long for the city
F#
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
when in new york
I stay indoors go into the city
and switch up the pity
on the train someone says
something about how jesus saves
but I'm too lost to be found
you put on a good face, when i wasn't around
on the eastside
on the westside
they sing along when you switch on
You switch on for the city
long gone from the city
come on strong winds move on
you belong in the city
I'm long for the city
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
Ismael Serrano
Isobel Anderson
Isobel Campbell (...)
Israel Houghton
Israel Kamakawiw (...)