Tommy Fleming - Isle of hope isle of tears

1. On the ^Gfirst day of^D January, ^Ceighteen ninety^G-two, they ^Copened Ellis^G Island and they^Am let the people ^Dthrough. And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears, ^{G D C G} C G Am D -D7 was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of fifteen years.

Isle of h^Cope, isle of ^Dtears, isle of ^Gfreedom,^D isle of^Em fears, but it's n^Cot the isle you^Am left be^Dhind. That isle of ^Chunger, isle of^D pain, isle you'll^G neve^Dr se^Eme again, but the ^Cisle of home is ^Dalways on your^G mind.

2. In a ^Glittle bag she ^Dcarried all her ^Cpast and hist^Gory, and her d^Creams for the ^Gfuture in th^Ame land of lib^Derty. And co^Gurage is the ^Dpassport when you^Cr old world disa^Gppears, but th^Cere's no future^G in the past, when you'^Amre all of fifteen^D years,

3. When they ^Gclosed down Ellis ^DIsland in ^Cnineteen forty-^Gthree, s^Ceventeen million p^Geople had com^Ame there for sanct^Duary. And in Sp^Gringtime when I ^Dcame here and I^C stepped onto it^Gs piers, I th^Cought of how it ^Gmust have hurt when you'r^Ame only fiftee^Dn ye

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Isle of h^Cope, isle of t^Dears, isle of f^Greedom,^D isle o^Emf fears, but it's n^Cot the isle you^Am left be^Dhind. That isle of ^Chunger, isle of^D pain, isle you'l^Gl neve^Dr see ^Emagain, but the i^Csle of home is ^Dalways on your^G mind.

+ Yes, the ^Cisle of home is ^Dalways on you

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