Island In The Sun Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Island in the Sun chord chart. This is a cool little song by the band Weezer. All simple open chords so we don't have to worry about barre chords. The rhythm on this has a bit of a hop. I'll list a simple pattern and more intermediate patterns for your use.

Island In The Sun Guitar Chords:

Island In The Sun Strumming Patterns:

Strumming Easy:
Em      Am         D       G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
D   DU D    DU   D   DU  D   DU

Strumming with hop:
Em   Am          D     G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   DU D    DU   D   D U   U D U

Island In The Sun Guitar Lesson:

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Island In The Sun Chord Chart:

Intro: (Over Hip Hips)
|Em  Am|  |D  G|
|Em  Am|  |D  G|
|Em  Am|  |D  G|

Verse:
|Em  Am |                |D      G| |Em  Am|
       When you're on a holiday
                    |D              G|          |Em  Am|
You can't find the words to say
                  |D                G|           |Em  Am|
All the things that come to you
                 |D     G|      |Em  Am|
And I wanna feel it too
                 |D   G|       |Em  Am|
On an island in the sun
                   |D                  G|       | m  Am|
We'll be playing and having fun
               |D                 G|          |Em
And it makes me feel so fine
    Am|          |D            G|
I can't control my brain

|Em  Am|  |D  G|

Verse:
|Em  Am|                 |D        G|       |Em  Am|
        When you're on a golden sea
                    | D              G|     |Em  Am|
You don't need no memory
               |D            G|             |Em  Am|
Just a place to call your own
                |D     G|         |Em  Am|
As we drift into the zone
           |D    G |            |Em   Am|
On an island in the sun
                   |D                  G|        |Em  Am|
We'll be playing and having fun
              |D                G|          |Em
And it makes me feel so fine
   Am|           |D          G|
I can't control my brain

|D                        G|                     |D                                        G|
     We'll run away together         We'll spend some time forever
|C                      Am |                 | D              D|
    We'll never feel bad anymore

|Em  Am|  |D  G|
|Em  Am|  |D  G|
|Em  Am|  |D  G|

            |D          G|       |Em    Am|
On an island in the sun
                   |D                  G|       |Em      Am|
We'll be playing and having fun
               |D                G|           | Em
And it makes me feel so fine
             Am |               |D          G|
I can't control my brain

|D                     G|                       |D                                       G|
    We'll run away together         We'll spend some time forever
|C                      Am|                   D     D
    We'll never feel bad anymore

Outro: Em Am D G

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