Song: iSrAEl
Album: bLue bEllY sKy

Lyrics by Brad Olsen
©1995 Bird Belly Music

[intro ]
[elec. guitar tapped with right (pick) hand throughout]

F#m E D D E F#m
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F#m E D D E F#m
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[verse 1]
F#m E D
Call me Israel

D E F#m
Since some years ago,

F#m Bm C#m Bm
it's been my fate to sail November seas,

A D
And this I know.

F#m E D D E F#m
No sailor was I born, no seaman was I bred

F#m Bm C#m Bm A D
Still, the sea has carved an eye for sinking ships and floating dead.

[fill ]
[light distortion on elec. guitar]

F#m E D
D E F#m


[verse 2 ]
[same chords as verse 1]
Call me Israel
I sail a sea of sand, and at the journey's close,
Will you suppose a man is still a man
Who would turn against the wind, who would barrel out his chest
Sail his vessel to the brink and think the fall will give him rest?

[chorus]
D F#m E D
alright...

D E F#m
yohhh--ohhhhh

F#m E D
D E F#m


[bridge]
C#m D C#m
I wrestle with the wind, I wrestle with the waves

E D
And ropes tear in my skin and still, within the storm...

[verse 3 ]
[same chords as verse 1]
Call me Israel
Since some years ago, it's been my fate to sail November seas
Inside my soul

[solo]

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C#m D C#m
And I wrestle with the wind, and I wrestle with the waves

E D
And ropes tear in my skin and still, within the storm, within the sea,

A D A D A D A D A
Within the rage I can see You, I can see You I can see You, i can See you...


[outro ]
[play with intro]
Call me Israel
I sail a sea of sand
I'm the very soul my Father holds forever in His hand

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transcribed by domenic santangelo - santangelo@fam.net