Thousands Are Sailing Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords The Pogues Written By Phil Chevron. This one is
about emigration from Ireland during the 80's when unemployment was 20%. I don't know how done the arrangement on this song
when it was recorded but it's brilliant The pogues do this in the key of A , so place a capo on the second fret and you
will be in key.
[G]The 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 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 ThatC] they could change my[G] mind
Chorus: [Em]Thousands are still sailing AD]cross the Western[Am]
Ocean To a[Em] land of opportunity That[D] some of them will [Am]never see [Em]Fortune prevailing A[D]cross the
Western[Am] Ocean
Their[Em] bellies full And their spirits free They'll[D] break the chains of[Am] poverty And they'll[C]
dance
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
Thousands Are Sailing lyrics chords and tab, the pogues
The video of the day is Johnny McEvoy singing ''Long Long Before Your Time''
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