Chords for Isle of Hope - Irish Tenor - Emmet Cahill
Tempo:
116.2 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] Isle of hope, isle [D] of tears, [G] isle of freedom, isle [Em] of fears,
isle you [G] left [D] behind.
[G] That [C] isle of hunger, [D] isle of pain, [G] isle you'll [D] never see [Em] again.
home is [D] always on [G] your mind.
little bag [D] she carried [C] all her past and [G] history,
dreams for [Bm] the future in [Am] the land of [D] liberty.
is [D] the passport [C] when your old world [G] disappears,
[G] in the past [Am] when you're fifteen [D] years.
isle you [G] left [D] behind.
[G] That [C] isle of hunger, [D] isle of pain, [G] isle you'll [D] never see [Em] again.
home is [D] always on [G] your mind.
little bag [D] she carried [C] all her past and [G] history,
dreams for [Bm] the future in [Am] the land of [D] liberty.
is [D] the passport [C] when your old world [G] disappears,
[G] in the past [Am] when you're fifteen [D] years.
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_ _ [G] [C] Isle of hope, isle [D] of tears, [G] isle of freedom, isle [Em] of fears,
[Am] but it's not the isle you [G] _ left _ [D] _ behind.
_ _ [G] That [C] isle of hunger, _ [D] isle of pain, [G] isle you'll [D] never see [Em] again.
_ But the [A] isle of home is [D] always on [G] your _ mind.
_ _ _ In a little bag [D] she carried [C] all her past and [G] history,
_ _ [Am] and her dreams for [Bm] the future in [Am] the land of [D] liberty.
_ And [G] courage is [D] the passport [C] when your old world _ [G] disappears,
[C] but there's no future [G] in the past _ [Am] when you're fifteen [D] _ _ years. _ _ _
[C] Isle of hope, _ [D] isle of tears, [G] isle of [Bm] freedom, [Em] isle of fears,
[Am] but it's not the isle [C] you left _
[D] _ behind.
_ [G] That [C] isle of hunger, isle [D] of pain, isle you'll never see [Em] again.
_ _ [Am] But the isle of home [D] is always [G] on your [C] _ [G] mind. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ When they closed down [D] Ellis Island [C] in _
_ _ [G] 1943,
_ _ _ [Am]
seventeen [G] million people [C] had come there for [D] sanctuary.
_ And [G] in springtime when I [D] came here [C] and I stepped onto [G] its piers,
[C] I thought of how [G] it must have been [C] _ when you're fifteen [D] _ _ years. _ _
_ [C] Isle of hope, isle [D] of tears, isle [G] of freedom, isle [Em] of fears,
_ [Am] but it's not the [C] isle you _ left [D] _ _ _ behind.
[G]
That [C] isle of hunger, _ [D] isle of pain, _ [G] isle you'll never see [Em] _ again.
_ [Am] But the isle of [D] home is always on your [Em] _ mind. _
[Am] but it's not the isle you [G] _ left _ [D] _ behind.
_ _ [G] That [C] isle of hunger, _ [D] isle of pain, [G] isle you'll [D] never see [Em] again.
_ But the [A] isle of home is [D] always on [G] your _ mind.
_ _ _ In a little bag [D] she carried [C] all her past and [G] history,
_ _ [Am] and her dreams for [Bm] the future in [Am] the land of [D] liberty.
_ And [G] courage is [D] the passport [C] when your old world _ [G] disappears,
[C] but there's no future [G] in the past _ [Am] when you're fifteen [D] _ _ years. _ _ _
[C] Isle of hope, _ [D] isle of tears, [G] isle of [Bm] freedom, [Em] isle of fears,
[Am] but it's not the isle [C] you left _
[D] _ behind.
_ [G] That [C] isle of hunger, isle [D] of pain, isle you'll never see [Em] again.
_ _ [Am] But the isle of home [D] is always [G] on your [C] _ [G] mind. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ When they closed down [D] Ellis Island [C] in _
_ _ [G] 1943,
_ _ _ [Am]
seventeen [G] million people [C] had come there for [D] sanctuary.
_ And [G] in springtime when I [D] came here [C] and I stepped onto [G] its piers,
[C] I thought of how [G] it must have been [C] _ when you're fifteen [D] _ _ years. _ _
_ [C] Isle of hope, isle [D] of tears, isle [G] of freedom, isle [Em] of fears,
_ [Am] but it's not the [C] isle you _ left [D] _ _ _ behind.
[G]
That [C] isle of hunger, _ [D] isle of pain, _ [G] isle you'll never see [Em] _ again.
_ [Am] But the isle of [D] home is always on your [Em] _ mind. _