Pogues - Thousands are sailing
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The Pogues, Thousands Are Sailing
[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 name 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*/