Thousands Are Sailing The Pogues
Verse 1
[C]The island it is silent now
But the [F]ghosts still haunt the waves
And the [C]torch lights up a [Am]famished man
Who [Dm]fortune could not [G]save
[C]Did you work upon the railroad
Did you [F]rid the streets of crime
Were your [C]dollars from the w[Am]hite house
Were [G]they from the five and [C]dime
[C]Did the o[Am]ld songs taunt or cheer you
And did the[F]y still make you cry[C]
Did you [Am]count the months and years
Or did your tear[Dm]drops quickly dry[G]
[G]Ah, [C]No, says he 'twas not to be
On a [F]coffin ship I came here
And I [C]never even [Am]got so far
That [G]they could change my name[C]
Chorus 1
[Am]Thousands are still sailing
[G]Across the Western [Dm]Ocean
To a [Am]land of opportunity
That [G]some of them will [Dm]never see
[Am]Fortune prevailing
[G]Across the Western [Dm]Ocean
Their [Am]bellies full
And their spirits free
They'll [G]break the chains of [Dm]poverty
And they'll [F]dance[Am] [G] [D] [F] [Am] [G] [D] [C]
Verse 2
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[C]In Manhattan's desert twilight
In the [F]death of afternoon
We stepped [C]hand in hand on [Am]Broadway
Like the first [Dm]man on the m[G]oon
[G]And "The [C]Blackbird" broke the silence
As you [F]whistled it so sweet
And in [C]Brendan Behan's [Am]footsteps
I danced up [G]and down the [C]street
[C]Then we [Am]said goodnight to Broadway
Giving [F]it our best [C]regards
Tipped our [Am]hats to Mister Cohan
Dear old [Dm]Times Square's favourite [G]bard
[G]Then we [C]raised a glass to J.F.K.
And a [F]dozen more besides
When I [C]got back to my [Am]empty room
I s[G]uppose I must have [C]cried
Chorus 2
[Am]Thousands are sailing
[G]Again across the oc[Dm]ean
Where the [Am]hand of opportunity
Draws [G]tickets in a [Dm]lottery
[Am]Postcards we're mailing
Of [G]sky-blue skies and [Dm]oceans
From [Am]rooms the daylight never sees
Where [G]lights don't glow on [Dm]Christmas trees
But we [F]dance to the music and we dan[Am]ce[G] [D] [F] [Am] [G] [D] [Am] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
Chorus 3
[Am]Thousands are sailing
[G]Again across the oc[Dm]ean
Where the [Am]hand of opportunity
Draws [G]tickets in a [Dm]lottery
[Am]Where e'er we go, we celebrate
The[G] land that makes us[Dm] refugees
From [Am]fear of Priests with empty plates
From g[G]uilt and weeping effi[Dm]gies
And we [F]dance to the music and we danc[Am]e [G] [D] [F] [Am] [G] [D] [Am] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
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