Chords for Al Stewart - Murmansk Run/Ellis Island

_ _ _ Your father sailed on [Bb] the mountain last night [F] To guide [C] the flocks of the [Bb] ships home [C] one by [Dm] one.
[Am] Grave beneath [Bb] the object [Dm] sun [G] For the glow of northern [Bbm]
lights.
_ _ [F] I see you have his [Bb] _
photograph.
_ [F] His [C] eyes are watching [Bb] for dangers [C] far or [Dm] high.
[Am] Trading days [Bb] beneath the [D] sun [G] For the cold and winter nights
Of the man [F]-man's scrum.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] He never did come [Bb] home to you.
_ [F] It's long [C] forgotten, [Bb] a childhood [C] dream or [Dm] two.
[Am] Something of the [Bb] cold got [Dm] through [G] And it lingers in your eyes.
_ [F] On days like these you [Bb] feel the wind _ [F] And feel [C] the chill of the [Bb] ice [C] flows
[Dm] Closing in, [Am] trading days [Bb] beneath the [Dm] sun [G] For the cold and winter [Bbm]
nights
Of the man [F]-man's scrum.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] St.
[Db] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] Basil's, river [F] of [G] darkness, over [C] me.
_ [Bb] _ [Am] St.
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] Basil's, lost down [F] the dark [G] uncharted [Bbm] _
sea.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Now you hide [C] [Bb] yourself from view.
_ [F]
You [C] seem to find it [Bb] an easy [C] thing to [Dm] do.
[Am] Trading [Bb] days beneath [Dm] the sun [G] For the cold and winter [Bbm] nights
Of the man [F]-man's scrum.
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_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
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_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] St.
_ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Basil's, river [F] of darkness, [G] over [C] me.
_ _ [Am]
St.
[Dbm] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Basil's, lost [F] down the dark [G] uncharted [Bbm] sea. _ _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Well you wake up in the morning [A] on Hester Street And run to [Dm] the factory.
[C] _ _ [Bb]
You can't [C] afford to be [F] late. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Working every morning, [A] every evening, every day [Dm] for your money.
[C] _ _ [Bb] Yet there's [C]
nothing to [F] say.
_ _ _ Watching your life pass [C] by the [F] window.
_ [Bb] Feeling it [C] all run through [F] your hands.
_ Counting the thousands, but finding [C] the lines, [F] waiting time for [C] the chance.
_ _ _ From Ellis [Dm] Island, _ _ _ _ day [F] after day. _
_ _ From Ellis [Gm] Island, _ _
[Bbm] _ _ dreams [F] slip away. _ _
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_ _ Meanwhile from the market, from the [A] cries of every tongue in every [Dm] nation.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] Refugeless [F] refugees. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Faces from the endless [A] plains of Russia, Flown Norwegian, black [Dm] Croatian.
[C] _ _ [Bb] Songs [C] inside [F] minor keys.
_ _ _ Feeling [Bb] the heat [C] inside the [F] furnace.
Trying [Bb] to make that [C] break [F] away.
_ Reaching [Bb] back rooms for a grip on the edge, just a slip [C] I could gain.
_ _ _ From [Dm] Ellis Island, _ _ _ day [F] after day. _
_ _ From Ellis [Gm] Island, _ [Bbm] _
_ dreams [F] slip away. _ _ _
Oh well, [Eb] I've heard it said, if you just use your head, you can [Bb] make your fortune [G] here.
_ [Bbm] One look afraid, that's all it'd take, [F] but it never seems [C] to be here. _
_ _ _ Another [F] day, another ship pulls into [A] harbor and the crowd spills [Dm] down the [C] gangway. _
[Bb] Touching [C] their suitcases [F] tight. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Thinking in the sunlight of the door of the new world they hold [Dm] upon ground.
[C] _ [Bb] With [C] all the plans thrown [F] behind, _ _ caught [Bb] in between [C] now and [F] forever. _ _
[Bb] Wondering just what [C] lies [F] ahead. _
Each one is waiting and [C] hoping the door [F] will be [C] open to them.
_ _ _ _ From [Dm] Ellis Island, _ _ _ day after day.
_ _ _ From Ellis [Gm] Island, _ [Bbm] _ _ time [F] slips away.
_ _ _ From Ellis [Bb] Island, _
_ [C] _ day after [F] day. _
_ From Ellis [Gm] Island, _ [Bbm] _
_ dreams [F] slip away. _ _ _
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_ [C] Save [Db] _ [Dm] our [C] souls, river of [F] darkness [G] over [C] me.
_ [C] _
_ [F] Save [Dbm] our [Dm] souls, [C] lost down the [F] dark in the [G] childhood [Bbm] sea. _ _
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