Intro
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[Verse 1]
C G Am C
On the first day of January, eighteen ninety-two,
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they opened Ellis Island and they let the people through.
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And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears,
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was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of fifteen years.
[Chorus]
F G C G Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
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but it's not the isle you left behind.
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That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
F G C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
[Verse 2]
C G Am C
In a little bag she carried all her past and history,
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and her dreams for the future in the land of liberty.
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And courage is the passport when your old world disappears,
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but there's no future in the past, when you're all of fifteen years,
[Chorus]
F G C G Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F Dm G
but it's not the isle you left behind.
F G C G Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
F G C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
[Instrumental]
F Am Dm G C
[Verse 3]
C G Am C
When they closed down Ellis Island in nineteen forty-three,
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seventeen million people had come there for sanctuary.
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And in Springtime when I came here and I stepped onto its piers,
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I thought of how it must have hurt when you're only fifteen years.
[Chorus]
F G C G Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F Dm G
but it's not the isle you left behind.
F G C G Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
F G C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
(orig. moves up half a note to capo 3rd here)
[Chorus]
F G C G Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F Dm G
but it's not the isle you left behind.
F G C G Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see again,
F G C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
F G F Am Dm G C
Yes, the isle of home is always on your mind.
- 1. Chord Gitar Brian Dunphy - Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Brian Dunphy - Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan