Kunci: A major•
Intro 1
F#m
F#m
Esus4
Bm7
F#m
A
Esus4
Bm7
A
A
Verse 1
A
The island, it is silent now
D
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
A
F#m
And the torch lights up a famished man
Bm7
Esus4
Who fortune could not save
A
Did you work upon the railroad
D
Did you rid the streets of crime
A
F#m
Were your dollars from the white house
Esus4
A
Were they from the five and dime
Verse 2
F#m
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
D
A
And did they still make you cry
F#m
Did you count the months and years
Bm7
Esus4
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
A
Ah, no, says he, 'twas not to be
D
On a coffin ship I came here
A
F#m
And I never even got so far
Esus4
A
That they could change my name
Chorus 1
C#m
Thousands are sailing
E
Bm7
Across the western ocean
F#m7
A
To a land of opportunity
Esus4
Bm7
That some of them will never see
F#m7
Fortune prevailing
Esus4
Bm7
Across the western ocean
F#m7
A
Their bellies full, their spirits free
Esus4
Bm7
They'll break the chains of poverty
D
F#m7
Esus4
B
And they'll dance
A
A
Verse 3
A
In Manhattan's desert twilight
D
In the death of afternoon
A
F#m
We stepped hand in hand down Broadway
Bm7
Esus4
Like the first man on the moon
A
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
D
As you whistled it so sweet
A
F#m
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
Esus4
A
I danced up and down the street
Verse 4
F#m
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
D
A
Giving it our best regards
F#m
Tipped our hats to mister Cohan
Bm7
Esus4
Dear old times square's favorite bard
A
Then we raised a glass to JFK
A
F#m
When I got back to my empty room
Esus4
A
I suppose I must have cried
Chorus 2
C#m
Thousands are sailing
E
Bm7
Again across the ocean
F#m7
A
Where the hand of opportunity
Esus4
Bm7
Draws tickets in a lottery
F#m7
Postcards we're mailing
Esus4
Bm7
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
F#m7
A
From rooms the daylight never sees
Esus4
Bm7
And lights don't glow on Christmas trees
D
And we dance to the music
F#m7
Esus4
B
And we dance
D
F#m7
Esus4
B
Interlude 1
F#m
F#m
A
Esus4
Bm7
F#m
F#m
A
Esus4
Bm7
F#m
Bm7
F#m
D
A
E
A
E
A
Chorus 3
C#m
Thousands are sailing
E
Bm7
Across the western ocean
F#m7
A
Where the hand of opportunity
Esus4
Bm7
Draws tickets in a lottery
F#m7
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
Esus4
Bm7
The land that makes us refugees
F#m7
A
From fear of priests with empty plates
Esus4
Bm7
From guilt and weeping effigies
D
And we dance to the music
F#m7
Esus4
B
And we dance
Outro 1
D
F#m7
Esus4
B
D
F#m7
Esus4
B
[Repeat and fade]
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