Brian Dunphy — Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears

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[Intro]
C Em Am D G


[Verse 1]
       G           D         Em             G
On the first day of January, eighteen ninety-two,
     C           G               Am              D
they opened Ellis Island and they let the people through.
         G                  D                Em               G
And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears,
    C               G               Am             D
was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of fifteen years.


[Chorus]
         C            D              G       D         Em
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
          C              Am      D
but it's not the isle you left behind.
             C              D                 G    D      Em
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
        C               D             G
but the isle of home is always on your mind.


[Verse 2]
     G              D               Em           G
In a little bag she carried all her past and history,
         C             G           Am           D
and her dreams for the future in the land of liberty.
      G            D                Em               G
And courage is the passport when your old world disappears,
      C              G                      Am               D
but there's no future in the past, when you're all of fifteen years,


[Chorus]
         C            D              G       D          Em
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
          C              Am      D
but it's not the isle you left behind.
             C              D                 G    D      Em
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
        C               D             G
but the isle of home is always on your mind.


[Instrumental]
C Em Am D G


[Verse 3]
          G                 D         Em              G
When they closed down Ellis Island in nineteen forty-three,
 C                 G            Am               D
seventeen million people had come there for sanctuary.
         G               D              Em               G
And in Springtime when I came here and I stepped onto its piers,
    C               G                        Am           D
I thought of how it must have hurt when you're only fifteen years.


[Chorus]
         C             D              G      D         Em
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
          C              Am      D
but it's not the isle you left behind.
             C              D                G     D        Em
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
         C              D             G
but the isle of home is always on your mind.


(orig. moves up half a note to capo 3rd here)


[Chorus]
         C             D              G      D         Em
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
          C              Am      D
but it's not the isle you left behind.
             C              D                G     D        Em
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
         C              D             G
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
         C               D              C       Em  Am  D  G
Yes, the isle of home is always on your   mind.		
    

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