Biography:
The Warumpi Band is an Australian band from the bush, coming from Papunya, Northern Territory, Australia.
The band was formed in 1980 by Neil Murray, a Victorian "whitefella" working in the region as a schoolteacher and labourer, George Burarrwanga, from Elcho Island, and local boys Gordon and Sammy Butcher. Over the years, many different people played in the band at various times. The only consistent elements were Murray and Burarrwanga, with Sammy
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This a song by Neil Murray, performed by the Warumpi Band on the 1987 album "Go Bush"
Intro
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 1]
G C G
Six years I've been in the desert
C G
And every night I dream of the sea
G C G
They say home is where you find it
D C G
But will this place ever satisfy me
[Verse 2]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 3]
G C G
In the evening the dry wind blows
C G
From the hills and across the plains
G C G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
D C G
In a boat on the sea again
G C G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
C G
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Instrumental]
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 4]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 5]
Em D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
From the hills and across the plains
Em D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again
Em D G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
G C
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waitin’ for me
[Exit Chorus 1]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am |Em |C
My island home
[Exit Chorus 2] (repeat x3 times)
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am
My island home
C
My island home
[Finish on]
Em
My island home
Intro
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 1]
G C G
Six years I've been in the desert
C G
And every night I dream of the sea
G C G
They say home is where you find it
D C G
But will this place ever satisfy me
[Verse 2]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 3]
G C G
In the evening the dry wind blows
C G
From the hills and across the plains
G C G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
D C G
In a boat on the sea again
G C G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
C G
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Instrumental]
|G |C |G | |C | |G |
|G |C |G | |D |C |G |
[Verse 4]
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
We always lived by the sea
G C G
Now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
D C G
With a wife and a family
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waiting for me
[Verse 5]
Em D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
From the hills and across the plains
Em D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again
Em D G
And I’m holding that long turtle spear
G C
And I feel I’m close now to where it must be
D C G
And my island home is a waiting for me
[Chorus]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D C G
My island home is a waitin’ for me
[Exit Chorus 1]
Em
And my island home
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am |Em |C
My island home
[Exit Chorus 2] (repeat x3 times)
G
My island home
D
My island home
Am
My island home
C
My island home
[Finish on]
Em
My island home
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