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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
B|--3-----2--5-----3-----3--2--0-----------2---------------2-----------------2-----------3-----------|
G|-----2--------2-----2-----------2-----------2-----2---------------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----------4--3--------3-----3 -----3--------3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
B|--3-----2--5-----3-----3--2--0-----------2---------------2-----------------2---------|
G|-----2--------2-----2-----------2-----------2-----2---------------2-----2-----2------|
D|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----------4--3--------3-----3 -----3--------3-----3-----3---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em A7
Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em D
With Great Britain written on its name plate
Verse 1:
A Bm
With my umbrella, I go walking
C# F#m A
Through all the sands on a building site
A Bm
Across the shopping malls and motorways
C#
Birds from Heathrow fill the
F#m B
Night with people flying to escape
F#m Em A7
Friday comforts me and says, it's pay day
Chorus:
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em A7
Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em D
With Great Britain written on its name plate
Verse 2:
A Bm
The game and coconuts is plentiful
C# F#m A
You pick 'em right off of a supermarket shelf
A Bm
And all the man-eaters are parked away
C#
Down in the garages
F#m B
While their selfish owners drinking to escape
F#m Em A7
Lord of flies with cocktails in his conch shell
Bridge:
D Em
And don't rescue me, no no no
A D C#
This is my home, sweet home, dear
D Em
Don't rescue me, no no, hey no
G A7
I am far from alone here
Chorus:
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em A7
Me and one nation are sharing the same fate
D Fm
Cast away on a desert island
Em D
With Great Britain written on it's name plate
Outro:
D Dm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D Dm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D Dm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D Dm
Cast away on a desert island, cast away
D Dm
Don't rescue me, no no no
D Dm
Don't rescue me, no no no
D Dm
Don't rescue me, no no no
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025