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*/