Tom: F#m
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[Intro Melody]
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[Verse]
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The island it is silent now
D
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
A F#m
And the torch lights up a famished man
Bm E
Who fortune could not save
E A
Did you work upon the railroad
D
Did you rid the streets of crime
A F#m
Were your dollars from the white house
E A
Were they from the five and dime
F#m
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
D A
And did they still make you cry
F#m
Did you count the months and years
Bm E
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
A
Ah, No, says he 'twas not to be
D
On a coffin ship I came here
A F#m
And I never even got so far
E A
That they could change my name
[Chorus]
F#m
Thousands are still sailing
E Bm
Across the Western Ocean
F#m
To a land of opportunity
E Bm
That some of them will never see
F#m
Fortune prevailing
E Bm
Across the Western Ocean
F#m
Their bellies full
And their spirits free
E Bm
They'll break the chains of poverty
D
And they'll dance
[Interlude]
(D) F#m E Bm
A
[Interlude Melody]
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[Verse 2]
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In Manhattan's desert twilight
D
In the death of afternoon
A F#m
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway
Bm E
Like the first man on the moon
A
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
D
As you whistled it so sweet
A F#m
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
E A
I danced up and down the street
F#m
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
D A
Giving it our best regards
A F#m
Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan
Bm E
Dear old Times Square's favourite bard
A
Then we raised a glass to J.F.K.
F#m
And a dozen more besides
A F#m
When I got back to my empty room
E A
I suppose I must have cried
[Chorus 2]
F#m
Thousands are sailing
E Bm
Again across the ocean
F#m
Where the hand of opportunity
E Bm
Draws tickets in a lottery
F#m
Postcards we're mailing
E Bm
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
F#m
From rooms the daylight never sees
E Bm
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
D F#m
But we dance to the music, and we dance
[Interlude]
(D) (F#m) E Bm
D F#m E Bm
F#m A E
[Interlude Melody]
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[Chorus 3]
F#m
Thousands are sailing
E Bm
Again across the ocean
F#m
Where the hand of opportunity
E Bm
Draws tickets in a lottery
F#m
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
E Bm
The land that makes us refugees
F#m
From fear of Priests with empty plates
E Bm
From guilt and weeping effigies
D F#m
And we dance to the music, and we dance
[Outro]
(D) (F#m) E Bm
D F#m E Bm
repeat to fade
[Outro Melody]
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