Canvey Island Chords & Tabs
British Sea Power - Canvey Island
Tabbed by: Nasher (ns)
Canvey Island is a beautiful song. Someone has already done the chords on UG, but
the chords are mostly wrong - so this is the correct version :)
Verse 1:
A C#m G#m
H 5 N 1
A C#m G#m
Killed a wild swan
A C#m G#m
It was a kind of omen
A C#m G#m
Of everything to come
Pre-Chorus:
F#m
I can't believe it's happening
G#m
And that it's happening now
F#m
I can't believe it's happening
G#m
It's coming true somehow
Verse 2:
On Canvey Island, 1953
Many lives were lost
With the records of a football team
Pre-Chorus:
I can't believe it's happening
And that it's happening now
I can't believe it's happening
It's coming true somehow
Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/british_sea_power/canvey_island_crd_ver_2.html ]
A
Don't you think it's strange, you know
B G#m
The way it all works out
A B G#m
Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts, soooooooo
--
Repeat Verse chords (no singing)
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Pre-Chorus: (note - extra E chord)
F#m
Sometimes it's hard to tell
E G#m
If it's going well
F#m
You know the odds against it
E G#m
Were so phenomenal
Chorus:
I can't believe it's happening
And that it's happening now
I can't believe it's happening
It's coming true somehow
Chorus: (with distortion)
Don't you think it's strange, you know
The way it all works out
Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts
Don't you think it's strange, you know
The way it all works out
You start with everything then end without
E G#m E
Oh!
C#m B
Oh, oh!
E G#m E
Ohhh...(etc.)
C#m B
Oh, oh!
F#m
Oh it's happening now
G#m
Oh it's happening now
A
Oh...
B
Oh...
Finish Chord: (lots of distortion)
E chord
