Verse 1: F F#m G I missed you tonight at the party, oh, oh-oh F F#m G New York ain't place to feel lonely, oh, oh-oh F F#m G So I left for the stranger who knew me, oh, oh-oh F F#m G She's sleeping beside me peacefully, oh, oh-oh Chorus: F F#m But in my head, I'm miles away B#m Back on the island again G Laying with you, Marianne F F#m In my head, rolling 'round our bed B#m We are an island again G I'm Leonard and you're Marianne
Post-Chorus: F B#m F#m Never take me back again G F 'Cause you know just what you'll get F#m C#m G You know just what you'll get Verse 2: F F#m G You show me the bird on the wire, oh, oh-oh F F#m G You gave me my songs and my future, oh, oh-oh F F#m G And I guess you could say that I've taken Manhattan F F#m G Well, you're back on Hydra and dressed in white cotton, oh, oh-oh Chorus: F F#m But in my head, I'm miles away B#m Back on the island again G Laying with you, Marianne F F#m In my head, rolling 'round our bed B#m We are an island again G I'm Leonard and you're Marianne Post-Chorus: F B#m F#m Never take me back again G F 'Cause you know just what you'll get F#m C#m G You know just what you'll get F B#m F#m I beg you never take me back again G F 'Cause you know just what you'll get F#m C#m G But I Go there in my head Bridge: F F#m G At the Chelsea Hotel, wasted in the arms of a stranger F F#m G Every little detail written in the song that betrays ya F F#m G At the Chelsea Hotel, I'm wasted in the arms of a stranger F F#m G Every little detail written in the song to betray ya Chorus: F F#m But in my head, I'm miles away B#m Back on the island again G Laying with you, Marianne F F#m In my head, rolling 'round our bed B#m We are an island again G I'm Leonard and you're Marianne Post-Chorus: F B#m F#m Never take me back again G F 'Cause you know just what you'll get F#m C#m G You know just what you'll get F B#m F#m I beg you never never take me back again G F 'Cause you know just what you'll get F#m C#m G But I Go there in my head