Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

On the (E)little day of January,

(F#m7)eighteen ninetytwo, they (D)opened Ellis Island and they (Bm7)let the people through.

(E)And the (A)first to cross the (E)threshold of the (F#m7)Isle of hope and tears was (D)Annie Moore from (A)Ire the land,

who was (Bm7)all of fifteen (E)years.

(A)Isle of (D)hope, isle of (E)tears,

isle of (A)freedom, isle of fears,

(F#m)but it's (D)not the isle I (Bm7)left behind,

(E)that isle of (D)hunger, isle of (E)pain,

isle you'll (A)never see (F#m)again, but the (D)isle of home is (E)always on your (Esus4)mind.

(A)In her (E)little bag she carried all her (F#m7)past and history,

and (D)dreams pened for the future in the (Bm7)land of liberty.

(E)And the (A)courage is the (E)passport when your (F#m7)old world disappears.

'Cause (D)there's no future (A)in the past who was (Bm7)when you're fifteen (E)years.

(A)Isle of (D)hope, isle of (E)tears,

isle of (A)freedom, isle of fears,

(F#m)but it's (D)not the isle I (Bm7)left behind,

(E)that isle of (D)hunger, isle of (E)pain,

isle you'll (A)never see (F#m)again, but the (D)isle of home is (E)always on your (Esus4)mind.

(A)In her (Esus4)mind.

(A)When they closed down Ellis Island in (F#m7)nineteen (D)fortythree,

seventeen million (A)people had come (Bm7)there for (E7sus4)sanctuary.

(E7)And it's (A)springtime when I came here and I (F#m7)stepped onto its pier.

I (Bm7)thought of how it (Asus4)must have been when you're (D)only fifteen (E)years.

Isle of (D)isle of home is (E)always on your (Esus4)mind.