Chords for Isle of Hope, Isle of tears - The Whistlin' Donkeys - The Forge Sessions

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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ On the first [B] day of _ January _ [C#m] _ _ _ 1892,
_ _ [A] They opened [F#m] Ellis Island _ and they [A] let the people [B]
through.
_ [E] And the first to cross [B] the threshold of [C#] that [C#m] isle of _ Fobantir,
[A] Was Annie [E] Moore [F#m] from Ireland, _ [A] who was all of fifteen [B] _
_ _ years.
_ _ [A] Isle of hope, [B] isle of tears, [E] isle of freedom, [C#m] isle of fears,
_ [A]
But it's not the isle you leave _ _
[B] behind.
_ _ _ That [A] isle of hunger, isle [B] of faith, isle [E] you'll never see [C#m] again, _
[A] But the isle of [B] hope is always on [A] your mind.
_ [E] _ _ _
In a little [B] bag she carried all [C#m] her past and history, _
[A] And her [E] dreams for the [F#m] future _ [A] in the land of [B] liberty. _ _
_ [E] _ Courage is [B] your passport when [C#m] your whole world disappears, _ _
[A] _ There's no [F#m] future in the past [A] when you're fifteen [B] _ years.
_ _ _ _ [A] Isle of hope, isle of [B] tears, isle [E] of freedom, isle [C#m] of fears,
[A] But it's not the isle you leave _ [B] _ behind.
_ _ _ That isle [A] of hunger, isle [B] of faith, _ [E] isle you'll never _ [C#m] see again,
[A] But the isle of hope [B] is always [A] on your _ mind.
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[E] When they closed down [B] Ellis Island [C#] in _ [C#m] _ 1943, _ _
_ [A] _ Seventeen million [F#m] people _ [A] had come there for [B] sanctuary. _ _
_ [E] In the [B] springtime when I came [C#m] here, I stepped onto its beach,
[A] And thought [E] of [F#m] how it must have been [A] when you're fifteen [B] _ _
years.
_ _ Isle [A] of hope, isle of [B] tears, isle [E] of freedom, isle [C#m] of fears,
_ [A] But it's not the isle you leave _ _ [B] behind. _
_ _ That [A] isle of hunger, _ [B] isle of faith, isle [E] you'll never see [C#m] again,
_ [A] But the isle of [B] hope is always on [A] your mind.
_ [E] _ _ [B] That [A] isle of hunger, isle [B] of faith, isle [E] you'll never [G#m] see [C#m] again,
_ [A] But the isle of [B] hope is always on [A] your mind.
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