Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

On the little day of January,

(A)eighteen ninetytwo, they her oenpened Ellis Island and they (D)let the people (E)through.

And the (A)first to cross the (E)threshold of the (F#m)Isle of hope and tears was (D)Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of fifteen (E)years.

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

Isle of (A)freedom, (E)Isle of (F#m)fears,

but it's (Bm)not the Isle I (D)left behind.

(E)That (A)Isle of (D)hunger, Isle of (E)pain,

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

(D)In her (E)closed down bag she carried all her (A)past and history,

they her dreams enpened for the future in the (D)land of (E)peoerty.

And in (A)courage cross the (E)passport when your (F#m)old world to appears,

'cause (D)there's no how ture must the past when you're when you're fifteen (E)years.

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

Isle of (A)freedom, (E)Isle of (F#m)fears,

but it's (Bm)not the Isle I (D)left behind.

(E)That (A)Isle of (D)hunger, Isle of (E)pain,

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

(D)When they (A)mind.

(Bb)Isle of (Eb)hope, Isle of (F)tears,

Isle of (Bb)freedom, (F)Isle of (Gm)fears,

but it's (C)not the Isle I (Eb)left behind.

(F)That (Bb)Isle of (Eb)hunger, Isle of (F)pain,

Isle you'll (Bb)never (F)see (Gm)again, but the (C)Isle of home is (Eb)always (F7)on your (Bb)mind.

But the (Ebm)isle of home is (F7)always on your (Bb)mind.