Sand in your
shoes
G - C - Bm - D (2x)
G Em C D
1. You always were a city kid
though you were country raised,
G Em C D
and back in some forgotten time we shared
the cold north days.
G Em C D
But the simple life was not your style and
you just had to escape,
G C
Bm Am
D G
so
it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.
+ G - C - G - D
G Em
2. On Remembrance Day the bands all played,
C D
the
bells pealed thru’ the park,
G Em
and you lay there
by the “do not”-signs
C D
and
shamed them with your spark.
G Em C D
Now winter moans
in old men’s bones as the day falls into dark,
G C
Bm Am
DG
and it’s goodbye
to my lady of the islands.
+ G - C - G - D
Bm Em Am D
+ It was just like this
behind the kisses, you so soon swept away,
Bm Em Am D
oh, I always knew that someday you’d be bound to just get pulled away.
G Em C D
3. The summer sun beats on
and on, the shops swim in the heat,
G Em C D
and you’re standing by the traffic signs
with taxis at your feet.
G Em C D
Well, I know that in your city
skin you’re feeling more complete,
G C
Bm Am
D G
so
it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.
+ G - C - G - D
+ G - Em - C - D (2x)
G Em C D
+ No, I never got the
letters that you said you’d sent to me,
G C
Bm Am
D G
so
it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.
+ G - C - G - D
+ G - C - Bm - D (3x) - G
(Al Stewart)