Chords for Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears

_ _ On [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ the first day [G] of January [F] _ _ [C] 1892, [F] they opened Ellis Island [Dm] and they led the [G] people through.
[C] And the first to cross [G] the threshold of [F] that Isle of Hope and [C] Tears
[F] was Annie Moore from Ireland [Dm] who was all of 15 [G] _ years.
_ [C] Isle of [F] Hope, Isle [G] of Tears, Isle [C] of Freedom, Isle of [Am] Fears
but it's [Dm] not the Isle [F] you've left [G] behind. _
That [F] Isle of Hunger, Isle [G] of Pain, Isle [C] you'll never see [Am] again
[Dm] but the Isle of Home [G] is always on [F] your mind.
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In her little bag [G] she carried all [F] her past and [C] history
_ [F] and her dreams for the future [Dm] in the land of [G] liberty
and [C] courage [G] is the passport when [F] your own world disappears
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[F] but there's no future in the [Dm] past when you're [G] 15 _ years.
[C] Isle [F] of Hope, [G] Isle of Tears, Isle of Freedom, Isle [Am] of Fears
[Dm] but it's not the Isle [F] you've left [G] behind.
_ _ That [F] Isle of Hunger, Isle [G] of Pain, Isle you'll never see [Am] again
but [Dm] the Isle of [G] Home is always [F] on your mind.
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_ _ When they closed down Ellis [G] Island in [F] _ [C] 1943
_ _ [F] 17 million [C] people [Dm] had come there for [G] sanctuary _
[C] and in springtime when I [G] came here [F] and I stepped onto [C] its piers
I thought of [Am] how it must have been [Dm] when you're 15 [G] _ _ [C] years.
[F] Isle of Hope, [G] Isle of Tears, Isle of Freedom, Isle [Am] of Fears
[Dm] but it's not the [F] Isle you've left _ [G] behind.
_ That [F] Isle of Hunger, Isle [G] of Pain, [C] Isle you'll never see [Am] again
[Dm] but the Isle of [G] Home is always on your [C]
mind.
_ Isle [Gb] of Hope, [Ab] Isle of Tears, Isle of Freedom, [Bbm] Isle of Fears
[Ebm] but it's not the Isle [Gb] you've left [Ab] _ behind.
That Isle [Gb] _ _ _ of Hunger, Isle of Pain, Isle you'll never see [Bbm] again
but [Ebm] the Isle of Home is [Ab] always on your [Db] mind.
_ The Isle of [Ab] Home is always on _ your [Gb] mind.
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