Thousands Are Sailing Chords by The Pogues

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_ The island it is silent now, [D] but the ghosts still haunt the waves,
_ And [A] a torch lights up [F#m] a famished man, [Bm] who fortune could not [E]
save.
_ [A] Did you walk upon the railroad?
Did [D] you ride the streets of crime?
_ Were [A] your daughters from [F#m] the White House?
[E] Were they from the Five and [A] Dime?
_ [F#m] Did the old sands start to cheer you, and [D] the ghosts still [A] make you cry?
_ Did you [F#m] count the months and years, or did your [Bm] teardrops quickly [E] dry?
I [A] know for a thing this was not to be, on [D] a coffin ship I came here,
[A] And I never even [F#m] got so far [E] that they could change [A] my name.
_ _ [C#m] _ Thousands are sailing [E] the coastal western [F#m] _ ocean,
To a land of _ opportunity _ [E] that some of them [F#m] will never see. _ _
Fortune will vary _ [E] across the [Bm] western [F#m] _ ocean,
The police boat whispers free, [E] they'll break the chains [A] of poverty [D] and their friends.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ In Manhattan's desert twilight, _ [D] in the dead of _ afternoon,
_ [A] We stepped hand in hand [F#m] down Broadway, _ like [Bm] the first man on the [E] moon.
_ _ [A] And a blackbird broke the silence, _ [D] as you whistled it so sweet,
_ [A] And then for a thin _ [F#m] pin's footsteps I [E] danced up and down [A] the street. _
[F#m] And we said goodnight to Broadway, _ [D] giving it our best [A] regards, _
[F#m] Sent our hearts to Mr.
Cohen, _ their old [Bm] Times Square's favorite [Em] bird.
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Then we raised a glass to JFK, and [D] a dozen more besides. _
When [A] I got back to [F#m] my empty room, I [E] suppose I must have [A] cried. _
_ [F#m] _ Thousands are sailing [E] the guy _ crusty [Bm] ocean,
[F#m] To a land of _ opportunity, _ [E] just tickets and [Bm] a _ lottery.
[F#m] _ All's clear to Mary, [E] the skylight skies and [Bm] _
oceans,
[F#m] From Rome to Berlin never cease, [E] the lights don't [A] glow [B] on the Christmas trees.
[A] I'm [D] a fan of the [F#m] music, and we dance. _
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music, _ [E] _ [A] _ and we dance.
_ Thousands [C#m] _ are sailing [E] across the western [F#m] _ ocean,
With a hand of _ [A] opportunity, _ [E] just tickets and [Bm] a lottery.
[F#m] Where we go we celebrate, [E] the land that makes us [Bm] _ refugees,
[F#m] From fear of race, we're a deep [A] place, [E] from guilt and [D] weeping we're a chase,
And we dance to the music, [F#m] we dance. _
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