Gaberlunzie - Voice Of My Island

      Voice of My Island. 
From Gaberlunzie's Album, Highland Lines. Written by Menzies and Paul

[Verse 1]
G           D          Em           C
Sad is my heart as I stand on the shore
G                             C         D
Thinking of friends who will see me no more
G              D              Em        C
Watching the waves as they thunder and roar
     G              D          C  G
And sing with the voice of my island

[Chorus]
D                       G
Mull of my heart, my island my home
      C         G             Em          D
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam
     G           D              Em         C
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn
    G           D         C   G
No more I'll return to my island

[Verse 2]
G                 D          Em     C
Bunessan's bold beauty to history clings
          G                   C       D
While Fionnphort guard fair Iona of kings
          G              D           Em      C
O'er the high rocks of Gribun the peregrine wings
     G               D         C  G
And sings with the voice of my island

[Chorus]
D                       G
Mull of my heart, my island my home
      C         G             Em          D
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam
     G           D              Em         C
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn
    G           D         C   G
No more I'll return to my island

[Verse 3]
G                 D              Em        C
From Dervaig to Salen, where friendships abound
       G                        C            D
Let mighty Ben More guard the peace that I found
            G            D          Em           C
Where the Forsa's dark waters pour down to the sound
     G              D          C  G
And sing with the voice of my island

[Chorus]
D                       G
Mull of my heart, my island my home
      C         G             Em          D
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam
     G           D              Em        C
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn
    G           D         C   G
No more I'll return to my island

[Verse 4]
G                  D        Em     C
But now I stand silent on Calgary Bay
      G                          C        D
The mighty ships waiting their anchor to weigh
    G               D          Em           C
We sail for the west-land at  break of the day
     G              D          C  G
Far away from the voice of my island

[Chorus]
 D                       G
Mull of my heart, my island my home
      C         G             Em          D
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam
     G           D              Em        C
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn
    G           D         C   G
No more I'll return to my island


[Verse 5]
G               D              Em           C
Years have gone by cause they never stand still
     G                             C            D
The wild winds have crumbled the crofts on the hill
     G            D            Em           C
The old folk are gone but the young lingers on
     G              D             C  G
And thrill to the voice of their island

[Chorus]
D                       G
Mull of my heart, my island my home
      C         G             Em          D
How cruel the hand that has forced us to roam
     G           D             Em         C
Farewell to Ben More, to the bracken and burn
    G           D         C   G
No more I'll return to my island