rock & roll island
bark, 1971
music and lyrics: paul kantner
in e minor
lead guitar solo in e minor
Bm Em G A Can you make it to the island, the rock and roll island In the middle of a high sea? Back through time in firesign magnetics flow all around me G Sonar, laser, quasar, pulsar, bombarded with argon A Bm Open your hands and build a park, clear your mind and touch the dark Bm A G Bm We go down down down back home Em G A Walking in the park, flashing in the dark, no care for the narcs You know we’re home free And if you make it to the island rock and roll island all you got to know is that you are the rules G Do it in the sunshine it really is magic You'll never get this high if you try A Bm California rock and roll thunder, gonna bring you up from down under Bm A G Bm We go down down down, gonna get back home Em G Never get so high when you try Em G I never been this high when I tried Em G I never been so high but I try Em G I never get this high when I try A When I try A Can you see us coming G A D Em Can you feel us singing electric in your body? A Can you make it to the island, north winds rollin' behind you Can you make it to the island look around you tell me what you see see the people look at you look at me we are alive G see that what we are and what we will be A Bm will not explode until the twenty-ninth century Em We have only begun to grow you know Bm Em only begun to grow Bm Em just begun to grow and go you grow Bm Em we are seedlings of the sun Bm Em A Bm Bm Em Bm A G A Bm Em We go down down down down down back home
