Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears Cifras

[Intro]
 
C G/B Am C/G F G Csus4 C
 
 
[Verse]
 
(Vocal and Piano)
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On the first day of January 1892
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They opened Ellis Island and they let the people through
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And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears
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Was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of 15 years
 
 
[Chorus]
G/E        F             G
Isle of hope, isle of tears
          C    C/B        Am
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
         Dm                F        Gsus4 G
But it’s not the isle you left behind
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That isle of hunger, isle of pain
            C    C/B    Am
Isle you’ll never see again
          F              G              Csus4 C
But the isle of home is always on your mind
 
 
[Verse]
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In a little bag, she carried all her past and history
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And her dreams for the future in the land of liberty
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And courage is the passport when your old world disappears
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But there’s no future in the past when you’re 15 years
 
 
[Chorus]
G/E        F             G
Isle of hope, isle of tears
          C    C/B        Am
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
         Dm                F        Gsus4 G
But it’s not the isle you left behind
      G/E       F              G
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
            C    C/B    Am
Isle you’ll never see again
          F              G              Csus4 C
But the isle of home is always on your mind
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
 
F Am F G
 
 
F G Am F G C
 
 
[Verse]
            C         G/B            F/A C/G
When they closed down Ellis Island in 1943
F                          Dm            G
17 million people had come there for sanctuary
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And in springtime when I came here and I stepped onto its piers
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I thought of how it must have been when you’re 15 years
 
 
[Chorus]
G/E        F             G
Isle of hope, isle of tears
          C    C/B        Am
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
         Dm                F        Gsus4 G
But it’s not the isle you left behind
      G/E       F              G
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
            C    C/B    Am
Isle you’ll never see again
          F              G              Csus4 C
But the isle of home is always on your mind
 
 
[Chorus]
G/E        F#             G#
Isle of hope, isle of tears
          C#    C#/C        A#m
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
         D#m                F#        G#sus4 G#
But it’s not the isle you left behind
      G#/F       F#              G#
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
            C#    C#/C    A#m
Isle you’ll never see again
          F#              G#             C#sus4 C#
But the isle of home is always on your mind
 
 
          F#              G#             F#
But the isle of home is always on your mind
 
 
[Outro]
 
A#m D#m G# C#
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