Thousands Are Sailing Chords & Lyrics by The Pogues
Thousands Are Sailing
guitar chords lyrics
Verse 1
C
The island it is silent now
F
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
C Am
And the torch lights up a famished man
Dm G
Who fortune could not save
C
Did you work upon the railroad
F
Did you rid the streets of crime
C Am
Were your dollars from the white house
G C
Were they from the five and dime
C Am
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
F C
And did they still make you cry
Am
Did you count the months and years
Dm G
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
G C
Ah, No, says he 'twas not to be
F
On a coffin ship I came here
C Am
And I never even got so far
G C
That they could change my name
Chorus 1
Am
Thousands are still sailing
G Dm
Across the Western Ocean
Am
To a land of opportunity
G Dm
That some of them will never see
Am
Fortune prevailing
G Dm
Across the Western Ocean
Am
Their bellies full
And their spirits free
G Dm
They'll break the chains of poverty
F Am G D F Am G D C
And they'll dance
Verse 2
C
In Manhattan's desert twilight
F
In the death of afternoon
C Am
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway
Dm G
Like the first man on the moon
G C
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
F
As you whistled it so sweet
C Am
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
G C
I danced up and down the street
C Am
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
F C
Giving it our best regards
Am
Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan
Dm G
Dear old Times Square's favourite bard
G C
Then we raised a glass to J.F.K.
F
And a dozen more besides
C Am
When I got back to my empty room
G C
I suppose I must have cried
Chorus 2
Am
Thousands are sailing
G Dm
Again across the ocean
Am
Where the hand of opportunity
G Dm
Draws tickets in a lottery
Am
Postcards we're mailing
G Dm
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
Am
From rooms the daylight never sees
G Dm
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
F Am G D F Am G D Am Dm Am F C G C G C
But we dance to the music and we dance
Chorus 3
Am
Thousands are sailing
G Dm
Again across the ocean
Am
Where the hand of opportunity
G Dm
Draws tickets in a lottery
Am
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
G Dm
The land that makes us refugees
Am
From fear of Priests with empty plates
G Dm
From guilt and weeping effigies
F Am G D F Am G D Am Dm Am F C G C G C
And we dance to the music and we dance
