Thousands Are Sailing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Em][D][Am]
[Em][G][D][Am]
[G][G]

[Verse 1]
The [G]island, it is silent now
But the [C]ghosts still haunt the waves
And the [G]torch lights up a [Em]famished man
Who [Am]fortune could not [D]save
Did you [G]work upon the railroad
Did you [C]rid the streets of crime
Were your [G]dollars from the [Em]white house
Were they [D]from the five and [G]dime

[Verse 2]
Did the [Em]old songs taunt or cheer you
And did [C]they still make you [G]cry
Did you [Em]count the months and years
Or did your [Am]teardrops quickly [D]dry
Ah, [G]no, says he, 'twas not to be
On a [C]coffin ship I came here
And I [G]never even [Em]got so far
That [D]they could change my [G]name

[Chorus 1]
[Bm]Thousands are sailing
A[D]cross the western [Am]ocean
To a [Em]land of oppor[G]tunity
That [D]some of them will [Am]never see
[Em]Fortune prevailing
A[D]cross the western [Am]ocean
Their [Em]bellies full, their [G]spirits free
They'll [D]break the chains of [Am]poverty
And they'll [C]dance[Em][D][A]
[G][G]

[Verse 3]
In Man[G]hattan's desert twilight
In the [C]death of afternoon
We stepped [G]hand in hand down [Em]Broadway
Like the [Am]first man on the [D]moon
And "The [G]Blackbird" broke the silence
As you [C]whistled it so sweet
And in [G]Brendan Behan's [Em]footsteps
I danced [D]up and down the [G]street

[Verse 4]
Then we [Em]said goodnight to Broadway
Giving [C]it our best re[G]gards
Tipped our [Em]hats to mister Cohan
Dear old [Am]times square's favorite [D]bard
Then we [G]raised a glass to JFK
And a [C]dozen more besides
When I [G]got back to my [Em]empty room
I sup[D]pose I must have [G]cried

[Chorus 2]
[Bm]Thousands are sailing
A[D]gain across the [Am]ocean
Where the [Em]hand of oppor[G]tunity
Draws [D]tickets in a [Am]lottery
[Em]Postcards we're mailing
Of [D]sky-blue skies and [Am]oceans
From [Em]rooms the daylight [G]never sees
And [D]lights don't glow on [Am]Christmas trees
And we [C]dance to the music
And we [Em]dance[D][A]
[C][Em][D][A]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Em][G][D][Am]
[Em][Em][G][D][Am]
[Em][Am][Em][C]
[G][D][G][D][G]

[Chorus 3]
[Bm]Thousands are sailing
A[D]cross the western [Am]ocean
Where the [Em]hand of oppor[G]tunity
Draws [D]tickets in a [Am]lottery
Where [Em]e'er we go, we celebrate
The [D]land that makes us [Am]refugees
From [Em]fear of priests with [G]empty plates
From [D]guilt and weeping [Am]effigies
And we [C]dance to the music
And we [Em]dance[D][A]

[Outro 1]
[C][Em][D][A]
[C][Em][D][A]
[Repeat and fade]