Chords for Isle of Hope - Tommy Fleming
Tempo:
62.925 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D] [F#m]
[A] [E]
[A] On the first [E] day of [D] January, [A] 1892,
[D] they opened [C#m] Ellis Island [Bm] and they let the [E] people through.
[A] And the first to [E] cross the threshold [A] of that isle of hope and tears
[D] was Annie [A] Moore from Ireland, [Bm] who was all [E] fifteen years.
[E] [A] [D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of [A] tears, [C#m] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, [A] that [D] isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
The [A] isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
In her little bag she carries [D] all her [A] past and history,
[D] and her dreams for [A] the future [Bm] in the land of [E] liberty.
[A] And courage is the passport [D] when your old [A] world disappears,
[D] but there's no [A] future in the [Bm] past when you're all [E] a [A]-fadini's.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle [E]
I've left behind, [A] [D] that isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
[A] The isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
When [D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [E] [A]
they closed [E] down Ellis Island [D] in [A] 1943,
[D] seventeen [A] million people [Bm] had come there for [E] sanctuary.
[A] And in [E] springtime when I came here, [A] and I [D] stepped [A] onto its piers,
[D] I thought of [A] how it must have [Bm] felt when you're only [E] fifteen [A] years.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of [C#m] freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, [A] [D]
[E] [A] that isle [C#m] you'll never [F#m] see again,
[Bm] but the isle [E] of hope is [A] always on your mind.
[A#] [D#]
[F] Isle of tears, [A#] isle of [Dm] freedom, [Gm] isle of fears.
[Cm] But it's [A#] not the [D#] isle I've left [F] behind, [A#] that isle [D#] [F] you'll never [A#] [Dm] [Gm] see again,
[Cm] but the isle [F] of hope is [A#] always on your mind.
[D#] Yes, the isle of [F] hope is always on your [D#]
mind.
[Gm] [Cm]
[F] Thank [A#]
[N] you.
[A] [E]
[A] On the first [E] day of [D] January, [A] 1892,
[D] they opened [C#m] Ellis Island [Bm] and they let the [E] people through.
[A] And the first to [E] cross the threshold [A] of that isle of hope and tears
[D] was Annie [A] Moore from Ireland, [Bm] who was all [E] fifteen years.
[E] [A] [D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of [A] tears, [C#m] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, [A] that [D] isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
The [A] isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
In her little bag she carries [D] all her [A] past and history,
[D] and her dreams for [A] the future [Bm] in the land of [E] liberty.
[A] And courage is the passport [D] when your old [A] world disappears,
[D] but there's no [A] future in the [Bm] past when you're all [E] a [A]-fadini's.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle [E]
I've left behind, [A] [D] that isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
[A] The isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
When [D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [E] [A]
they closed [E] down Ellis Island [D] in [A] 1943,
[D] seventeen [A] million people [Bm] had come there for [E] sanctuary.
[A] And in [E] springtime when I came here, [A] and I [D] stepped [A] onto its piers,
[D] I thought of [A] how it must have [Bm] felt when you're only [E] fifteen [A] years.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of [C#m] freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, [A] [D]
[E] [A] that isle [C#m] you'll never [F#m] see again,
[Bm] but the isle [E] of hope is [A] always on your mind.
[A#] [D#]
[F] Isle of tears, [A#] isle of [Dm] freedom, [Gm] isle of fears.
[Cm] But it's [A#] not the [D#] isle I've left [F] behind, [A#] that isle [D#] [F] you'll never [A#] [Dm] [Gm] see again,
[Cm] but the isle [F] of hope is [A#] always on your mind.
[D#] Yes, the isle of [F] hope is always on your [D#]
mind.
[Gm] [Cm]
[F] Thank [A#]
[N] you.
Key:
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Bm
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_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ On the first [E] day of [D] January, [A] 1892,
[D] they opened [C#m] Ellis Island [Bm] and they let the [E] people through.
[A] And the first to [E] cross the threshold [A] of that isle of hope and tears
[D] was Annie [A] Moore from Ireland, [Bm] who was all [E] fifteen years.
[E] _ [A] [D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of [A] tears, [C#m] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, _ [A] that [D] isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
The [A] isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind. _
In her little bag she carries [D] all her [A] past and history,
[D] and her dreams for [A] the future [Bm] in the land of [E] liberty.
[A] And courage is the passport [D] when your old [A] world disappears,
[D] but there's no [A] future in the [Bm] past when you're all [E] a _ [A]-fadini's.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle _ [E] _
I've left behind, [A] [D] that isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
[A] The isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
When [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ they closed [E] down Ellis Island [D] in [A] 1943,
_ [D] seventeen [A] million people [Bm] had come there for [E] sanctuary.
_ _ [A] And in [E] springtime when I came here, [A] and I [D] stepped [A] onto its piers,
[D] I thought of [A] how it must have [Bm] felt when you're only [E] fifteen _ [A] years.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of [C#m] freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [E] [A] that isle [C#m] you'll never [F#m] see again,
[Bm] but the isle [E] of hope is [A] always on your mind.
[A#] _ [D#] _
[F] Isle of tears, [A#] isle of [Dm] freedom, [Gm] isle of fears.
[Cm] But it's [A#] not the [D#] isle I've left [F] behind, [A#] that isle [D#] [F] you'll never _ [A#] _ [Dm] [Gm] see again,
_ [Cm] but the isle [F] of hope is [A#] always on your mind. _
[D#] Yes, the isle of [F] hope is always on your [D#] _
mind.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ Thank [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ On the first [E] day of [D] January, [A] 1892,
[D] they opened [C#m] Ellis Island [Bm] and they let the [E] people through.
[A] And the first to [E] cross the threshold [A] of that isle of hope and tears
[D] was Annie [A] Moore from Ireland, [Bm] who was all [E] fifteen years.
[E] _ [A] [D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of [A] tears, [C#m] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, _ [A] that [D] isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
The [A] isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind. _
In her little bag she carries [D] all her [A] past and history,
[D] and her dreams for [A] the future [Bm] in the land of [E] liberty.
[A] And courage is the passport [D] when your old [A] world disappears,
[D] but there's no [A] future in the [Bm] past when you're all [E] a _ [A]-fadini's.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle _ [E] _
I've left behind, [A] [D] that isle of hunger, [E] isle of pain.
[A] The isle you'll [C#m] never [F#m] see again, [Bm] but the isle of [E] hope [A] is always on your mind.
When [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ they closed [E] down Ellis Island [D] in [A] 1943,
_ [D] seventeen [A] million people [Bm] had come there for [E] sanctuary.
_ _ [A] And in [E] springtime when I came here, [A] and I [D] stepped [A] onto its piers,
[D] I thought of [A] how it must have [Bm] felt when you're only [E] fifteen _ [A] years.
[D] Isle of hope, [E] isle of tears, [A] isle of [C#m] freedom, [F#m] isle of fears.
[Bm] But it's not the [D] isle I've left [E] behind, _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [E] [A] that isle [C#m] you'll never [F#m] see again,
[Bm] but the isle [E] of hope is [A] always on your mind.
[A#] _ [D#] _
[F] Isle of tears, [A#] isle of [Dm] freedom, [Gm] isle of fears.
[Cm] But it's [A#] not the [D#] isle I've left [F] behind, [A#] that isle [D#] [F] you'll never _ [A#] _ [Dm] [Gm] see again,
_ [Cm] but the isle [F] of hope is [A#] always on your mind. _
[D#] Yes, the isle of [F] hope is always on your [D#] _
mind.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ Thank [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] you. _ _
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