Thousands Are Sailing Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro F♯m E Bm A

Verse

 The Aisland it is silent now

 But the Dghosts still haunt the waves

 And the Atorch lights up a F♯mfamished man

 Who Bmfortune could not save E

EDid you Awork upon the railroad

 Did you Drid the streets of crime

 Were your Adollars from the whiteF♯m house

 Were Ethey from the five and dime A

 Did the F♯mold songs taunt or cheer you

 And did Dthey still make you cry A

 Did you F♯mcount the months and years

 Or did your tearBmdrops quickly dry E

 Ah, ANo, says he 'twas not to be

 On a Dcoffin ship I came here

 And I Anever even F♯mgot so far

 That Ethey could change my mind A

Chorus

F♯mThousands are still sailing

 AEcross the Western BmOcean

 To a F♯mland of opportunity

 That Esome of them will Bmnever see

F♯mFortune prevailing

EAcross the Western BmOcean

 Their F♯mbellies full

And their spirits free

 They'll Ebreak the chains of Bmpoverty

 And they'll Ddance F♯m E B D F♯m E B

F♯m Bm F♯m D A E A E A

Verse 2

In Manhattan's desert twilight

In the death of afternoon

We stepped hand in hand on Broadway

Like the first man on the moon

And "The Blackbird" broke the silence

As you whistled it so sweet

And in Brendan Behan's footsteps

I danced up and down the street

Then we said goodnight to Broadway

Giving it our best regards

Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan

Dear old Times Square's favourite bard

Then we raised a glass to J.F.K.

And a dozen more besides

When I got back to my empty room

I suppose I must have cried

Chorus 2

Thousands are sailing

Again across the ocean

Where the hand of opportunity

Draws tickets in a lottery

Postcards we're mailing

Of sky-blue skies and oceans

From rooms the daylight never sees

Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees

But we dance to the music And we dance

Chorus 3

Thousands are sailing

Across the Western Ocean

Where the hand of opportunity

Draws tickets in a lottery

Where e'er we go, we celebrate

The land that makes us refugees

From fear of Priests with empty plates

From guilt and weeping effigies

And we dance

D F#m E B /*repeat to fade*/