D/F# D C/E C
F C Gm Bb
Dm F G

[Verse 1]
       G    D     Am          C
In the last hours of a sunset rendezvous
Em            D                G          D
Chill breeze against tide that carries me from you
      Em       D              Am                       C
Got a job in a southern city, got some lead-free in my tank
           Em          G                      A5
Now I must whisper goodbye, I'm bound for the mainland

[Chorus 1]
E5            G5   E5 G5       A5   E5
Island in the city,   cut by a cold sea
E5                  G5     E5             G5    A5 Fmaj7 D5
People moving on an ocean, groundswell of humanity

[Verse 2]
        A          E            Bm              D
Now the sun breaks through rain as I climb Glen Shiel
       F#m                E                         A              E
On the trail of those old cattlemen who drove their bargain south again
           F#m     E           Bm              D
And in the eyes of those five, five sisters of Kintail
          F#m       A                B5       A5
There's a wink of seduction from the mainland

[Chorus 2]
E5            G5   E5 G5       A5   E5
Island in the city,   cut by a cold sea
E5                  G5     E5             G5    A5 Ebsus2
People moving on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Cm                  Ebsus2     Cm              Ebsus2       F    G5
Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are spray to the wind
E5                G5       E5 G5         A5      Fmaj7 C D5 Am/D D5 Am/D
Blown like silent laughter,   falling on ears of tin

[Bridge]
D5                        Am/D
Take my heart and take my brawn
D5
Take by stealth or take by storm
       Gm
Set my brain to cruise
Gm                        Bb
I can see the glow of the suburb lights
    F                         C/G                  D5
I'm fresh from the out-world, singing the mainland blues
    Am/D     D5    Am/D
The mainland blues
D5                            Am/D
There was a girl where I came from
D5                                Gm
Seems like a long time, long time gone by
Gm                  Bb
Wears the west wind in her hair
    F                              C/G                  D5
She calls from the hill, yeah, she calls in my mainland blues
        Am/D     D5    Gm Cm Ebsus2 Bb
Got the mainland blues
F                 G     G/B Am Am/E G D Am C
It's the mainland blues

[Verse 3]
          A     E    Bm            D
There's a coast road that winds to heaven's door
        F#m       E         A            E
Where a fat ferry floats on muted diesel roar
              F#m   E               Bm                         D
And there's a light on the hillside and there's a flame in her eyes
        F#m             A           B5       A5
But how cold the lights burn on the mainland

[Chorus 2]
E5            G5   E5 G5       A5   E5
Island in the city,   cut by a cold sea
E5                  G5     E5             G5    A5 Ebsus2
People moving on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Cm                  Ebsus2     Cm              Ebsus2       F    G5
Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are spray to the wind
E5                G5       E5 G5         A5      Fmaj7
Blown like silent laughter,   falling on ears of tin
          Em
In my mainland blues