{t:Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears}
{st:Brendan Graham}


[capo on 2nd]

[Intro]
[F]  [Am]  [Dm]  [G]  [C]

On the [C]first day of[G] January, [Am]eighteen ninety[C]-two,
They [F]opened Ellis[C] Island and they[Dm] let the people [G]through.
And the f[C]irst to cross the t[G]hreshold of that [Am]isle of hope and [C]tears,
Was [F]Annie Moore from[C] Ireland who was[Dm] all of fifteen[G] years[G7]


[Chorus]
Isle of h[F]ope, isle of t[G]ears, isle of f[C]reedom,[G/B] isle of [Am]fears,
But it's n[F]ot the isle you[Dm] left be[G]hind.
That isle of [F]hunger, isle of[G] pain, isle you'l[C]l neve[G/B]r see ag[Am]ain,
But the i[F]sle of home is [G]always on your[C] mind
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In a [C]little bag she [G]carried all her [Am]past and hist[C]ory,
And her d[F]reams for the [C]future in th[Dm]e land of lib[G]erty.
And co[C]urage is the [G]passport when you[Am]r old world disap[C]pears,
But th[F]ere's no future[C] in the past, when you'[Dm]re all of fifteen[G] years


[Chorus]
Isle of h[F]ope, isle of t[G]ears, isle of f[C]reedom,[G/B] isle of [Am]fears,
But it's n[F]ot the isle you[Dm] left be[G]hind.
That isle of [F]hunger, isle of[G] pain, isle you'l[C]l neve[G/B]r see ag[Am]ain,
But the i[F]sle of home is [G]always on your[C] mind
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[Instrumental]
[F]  [Am]  [Dm]  [G]  [C]
When they [C]closed down Ellis [G]Island in [Am]nineteen forty-t[C]hree,
S[F]eventeen million p[C]eople had com[Dm]e there for sanct[G]uary.
And in Sp[C]ringtime when I [G]came here and I[Am] stepped onto its[C] piers,
I th[F]ought of how it [C]must have hurt when you'r[Dm]e only fiftee[G]n year[G7]s


[Chorus]
Isle of h[F]ope, isle of t[G]ears, isle of f[C]reedom,[G/B] isle of [Am]fears,
But it's n[F]ot the isle you[Dm] left be[G]hind.
That isle of [F]hunger, isle of[G] pain, isle you'l[C]l neve[G/B]r see ag[Am]ain,
But the i[F]sle of home is [G]always on your[C] mind

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Isle of h[F]ope, isle of t[G]ears, isle of f[C]reedom,[G/B] isle of [Am]fears,
But it's n[F]ot the isle you[Dm] left be[G]hind.
That isle of [F]hunger, isle of[G] pain, isle you'l[C]l neve[G/B]r see ag[Am]ain,
But the i[F]sle of home is [G]always on your[C] mind
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