Ellis Island Blues

Ellis Island Blues easy guitar chords by Boo Hewerdine

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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Fret 3

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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Well, 

    can't 
    say 
    my name, 
    so 
    they call 
    me 

    John 

    Doe 

    Told 
    me 
    stand 
    in this line, 

    don't know 
    where 
    it goes 

    can't 
    see liberty 
    but 
    I'm 
    feeling the 
    cold 

    Of 
    the 

    Ellis 

    Is
    land 
    blows 

    Well 
    I come 
    from 
    the old 
    world, 

    a butcher 
    my 
    trade 

    Got 
    the wrong 
    religion, 
    so I had 
    to go 
    away 

    My 
    life 
    on 
    my back, 

    an address 
    in 
    hell's 
    kitchen 

    And 
    the 

    Ellis 

    Is
    land 
    blues 


    Well, 
    three 
    weeks 
    at 
    sea, 

    I was 
    sick as 
    a dog 

    While 
    was sleeping, 

    they took 
    my father's 
    watch 

    Now 
    tell 
    the time, 
    mother, 

    son 
    and the 
    moon 

    Goodbye 
    my 
    first 
    one, 

    won't 
    see you 
    again 

    One 
    day 
    I might 
    find 
    I forget 
    your 
    name 

    But 
    never the 
    scent 
    of 

    love's sweat 
    on 
    your 
    breast 

    Oh, 
    the 

    Ellis 

    Is
    land 
    blues 


    And 
    half 
    of 

    America 
    has 
    stood where 
    stand 

    Well, 
    what 
    would you 
    read 

    in the 
    lines 
    on 

    their hands? 

    Would 
    you see 
    the 

    Atlantic 
    and 
    emigrant 
    dreams 

    Or 
    the 

    Ellis 

    Island 
    of 
    blue hooves? 

    Somewhere 
    through 
    these 

    gates 
    I'll 
    find 
    my nex
    t life 

    can 
    almost 
    imagine 
    the 
    face 
    of my 
    wife 

    And 
    the 
    sons 
    and the daughters 

    who'll 
    never know 
    when 

    I've 
    got the 

    Ellis 

    Island 
    blues 

    Do 
    you 
    to 

    Or 

    No. 

    Yes. 

    It's 
    idea. 

    Thank 

    Let's 

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