Chords for Thousands Are Sailing

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_ _ The island it is silent now, but [D] the ghosts still haunt the waves,
_ [A] And a torch lights up [F#m] a famished man, [Bm] who fortune could [E] not save.
_ Did [A] you walk upon the Royal Roads?
_ [D] Did you ride the streets of crime?
Were [A] your dollars from [F#m] the White House?
Were [E] they from the Five and [A] Dime?
_ Did [F#m] your [C#m] sons talk for cheer you, [G#] _ [D] and did they still make you [A] cry?
_ [F#m] Did you count the months and years, or did your [Bm] teardrops quickly [E] dry?
_ [A] I know that this was not to be, [D] on a coffin ship I came here,
[A] And I never even [F#m] got so far, [E] that they could change [A] my name.
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Thousands are sailing, _ [E] across the Western [F#m] Ocean,
_ To a land of [A] opportunity, _ [E] that some of them will [F#m] never see. _
Fortune _ _ preparing, _ [E] across the Western [F#m] Ocean,
_ _ Their bellies full [A] of desperate spree, [E] they'll break the chains [A] of poverty, [D] and they'll dance.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ In Manhattan's desert _ twilight, [D] in the dead of afternoon,
_ [A] We stepped hand in hand down [F#m] Broadway, like [Bm] the first man on [E] the moon. _
[A] And a blackbird broke the silence, [D] as you whistled it so sweet,
And [A] in Britain's _ [F#m] footsteps, I [E] danced up and down [A] the street. _
[F#m] Then we said [C#m] goodnight to Broadway, [G#] _
[D] giving it our best [A] regards, _ _
[F#m] We took our hat to Mr.
Cohen, _ their [Bm] old Times Square's [E] favorite bird. _
Then [A] we raised a glass, to JFK, [D] and a dozen more besides.
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_ When I got back to [F#m] my empty room, [E] I suppose I must have [A] cried.
_ _ [F#m] _ Thousands are sailing, _ [E] again across the [Bm] ocean,
_ [F#m] To a land of _ opportunity, _ [E] just tickets and [Bm] a lottery.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Postcards were _ mailing, [E] the skylight skies and [B] oceans,
_ _ [F#m] From Rome to [A] Bay, like never seen, [E] and lights don't glow [B] on Christmas _ trees.
[D] I'm dancing to the [F#m] music, and we dance.
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_ _ [C#m] Thousands _ are sailing, _ [E] across the western [F#m] _
ocean,
To a land of _ [A] opportunity, _ [E] just tickets and [Bm] a lottery.
_ [F#m] Where we go, we separate, [E] the land that makes us [Bm] refugees,
_ [F#m] From fear of race, [A] where there's a place, [E] from guilt and [B] weeping,
We're chasing [D] the wind, and [F#m] we dance. _
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