Chords for Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears by Brendan Graham

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_ _ _ [Em] That's a bit too much now, just a little less.
Thank [G] you. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
On [G] the _ first day [D] of _ January _ _ [Em] _ _ _
1892,
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] They _ opened [G] Ellis Island _ and [C] they let the people [D]
through.
_ _ And [G] the first to cross [D] the threshold of [Em] that isle of hope and [Bm] tears _
_ [C] Was Annie Moore [Am] from Ireland, _ who [C] was off of 15 [D] _ years. _ _ _
_ _ _ Isle of [C] hope, _ _ isle [D] of tears, isle [G] of freedom, [D] _ isle of [Em] fears, _
_ [C] But it's not the isle [Am] you left _ _ [D] _ _ behind.
_ _ _ _ That isle [G] of [C] hunger, _ [D] isle of pain, _ isle [G] you'll never _ [D] see [Em]
again,
_ _ But [C] the isle of home [D] is always on [G] your mind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] In a little _ bag [D] she carried _ [Em] all her past and _ [Bm] history, _ _
_ [C] And her _ dreams for [G] the [Bm] future _ in the [C] land of [D] liberty. _ _ _ _
[G] And courage _ is the [D] passport _ when [Em] your old world _ [Bm] _
disappears,
_ _ [C] But there's no future [Am] in the past [C] when you're [D] 15 _ years.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Isle of hope, _ _ isle of [D] tears, _ isle [G] of freedom, isle [Em] of fears,
_ But [C] it's not the isle [Am] you left _ _ [D] _
behind. _ _ _ _ _
That isle [C] of hunger, isle [D] of pain, _ isle [G] you'll never _ see [Bm] again,
_ _ [C] But the isle of home [D] is always on your [G] _ mind. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] When they closed down Ellis [D] Island _ in [Em] _ _ _
1943,
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] 17 _ million [G] people had gone [C] there for [D] sanctuary.
_ _ _ _ [G] And in the _ [D] springtime when I came there, I [Em] stepped onto its [Bm] piers, _
_ [C] And I thought of how [Am] it must have been _ _ [C] when you're 15 [D] _ _ years. _ _
_ _ _ Isle [C] of hope, _ isle [D] of tears, _ [G] isle of freedom, _ isle [Em] of fears, _
_ [C] But it's not the isle you [Am] _ left _ _ [D] behind. _
_ _ _ _ That isle [C] of hunger, _ isle [D] of pain, _ isle [G] you'll never _ [E] see [Em] again,
_ _ [C] But the isle of home [D] is always on [C] your _ mind.
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Isle [C] of hope, _ _ isle of [D] tears, _ isle [G] of freedom, _
[F#m] isle [Em] of fears,
_ But [C] it's not the isle [Am] you left _ _ [D] _ behind. _ _ _
_ _ That isle [C] of hunger, _ isle [D] of pain, isle [G] you'll never _ see [Em] again, _
_ [C] But the isle of home [D] is always on your [Em] _ mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Yes, [C] the isle of home [D] is always on [G] your _ _ mind. _
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_ _ [D] Isle of tears, _ isle [G] of freedom, [D] isle [Em] of fears,
_ But [C] it's not the isle [Am] you left _ _ [D] behind.
_ _ _ _ That _ isle [C] of hunger, isle [D] of pain, _ isle [G] you'll never _ [E]
see [Em] again,
_ _ But [C] the isle of home [D] is always on [C] your _ mind.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ Isle [C] of hope, _ isle [D] of tears, isle [G] of freedom, [F#m] _ isle [Em] of fears, _ _
[C] But it's not the isle you [Am] _
left _ _ [D] behind. _ _
_ _ _ That isle [C] of hunger, _ isle [D] of pain, _ isle [G] you'll never see [Em] again,
_ _ But [C] the isle of home [D] is always on [Em] your mind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Yes, [C] the isle of home [D] is always on your [G] _ mind. _
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