Chords for Ellis Island - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ On [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] the first day of [E] _ January, [F#m] _
_ 1890, _ [A] _ _ they [D] opened [A] Ellis Island [Bm] and they let the people [E] _ through.
[A] And the first to [E] cross the threshold [F#m] of that Isle of Hope [A] and _ [E] Tears, was [D] Annie Murphy,
[A] my land, [Bm] who's [D] all of fifty [E] _ _ _ years.
[A] _ Isle [D] of Hope, Isle [E] of Tears, Isle [A] of Freedom, [C#m] Isle [F#m] of Tears.
[Bm] But it's not the Isle you left [D] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [E] behind.
[A] That [D] Isle of Hunger, Isle [E] of Pain, Isle [A] you'll never [E] see [F#m] _
again.
[Bm] But the Isle of Hope is [E] always on [Em] your _ _ [G] _ _
mind.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ In a [A] little bag [E] she carried [F#m] all her past and history.
[A] _ _ [D] And her dreams for the [A] future, and [D] the land of [E] liberty.
_ _ And [A] courage is the [E] passport _ when [F#m] your old world _ [A]
disappears.
_ _ _ [D] There's no future [A] in the past [Bm] when you're [E] fifty _ _ _ _ years.
[A] _
[D] Isle of Hope, Isle [E] of Tears, Isle [A] of Freedom, _ [E] [F#m] Isle of _ Fears.
[D] But it's not the Isle [Bm] you left _
[E] behind.
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] That [D] Isle of Hunger, Isle of [E] Pain, Isle [A] you'll never [E] see _ [F#m] _ again.
But [Bm] the Isle of Hope is [E] always on your [G] _ _ mind.
_ [D]
When [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ they closed down [A] Ellis Island in [F#m] _ _ [A] 1943, _
_ _ seventeen [D] million [A] people had [E] come there for sanctuary. _
_ [A] And in springtime when I [Dm] came here, and I [A] stepped onto its [F#m] _
piers,
[D] I thought of how it must have been when you're [E] fifteen _ _ _ _ years.
[A] Isle [D] of Hope, Isle [E] of Tears, Isle of [A] Freedom, _ [E] [F#m] Isle of Fears.
[D] But it's not the Isle you [Bm] left _ [E] behind.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] That [D] Isle of Hunger, Isle [E] of Pain, Isle [A] you'll never [E] see [F#m] _ again.
But [Bm] the Isle of Hope is [E] always on [A] your _ _ _ mind.
[A#] _ Isle [D#] of Hope, Isle [F] of Tears, Isle of [A#] Freedom, [F] Isle [Gm] of Fears.
[Cm] But it's not the Isle you [D#] left _ [F] _ _ [Gm] behind.
[F] _
[A#] That [D#] Isle of Hunger, Isle [F] of Pain, Isle [A#] you'll never [F] see [Gm]
again.
_ [D#] But the Isle of Hope is always [F] on [A#] your mind. _
_ _ _ _ _ But [G#] the [D#] Isle of Hope [F] is always _ on _ _ [A#] your mind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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