Ellis Island Blues chords by Boo Hewerdine

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well,
can't say my name, so they call me
John
Doe
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Told me stand in this line,
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don't know where it goes
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I can't see liberty but I'm feeling the cold
Of the
Ellis
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Is land blows
Well I come from the old world,
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a butcher my trade
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Got the wrong religion, so I had to go away
My life on my back,
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an address in hell's kitchen
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And the
Ellis
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Island blues
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Well, three weeks at sea,
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I was sick as a dog
While I was sleeping,
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they took my father's watch
Now I tell the time, mother,
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son and the moon
Goodbye my first one,
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won't see you again
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One day I might find I forget your name
But never the scent of
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love's sweat on your breast
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Oh, the
Ellis
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Is land blues
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And half of
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America has stood where I stand
Well, what would you read
in the lines on
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their hands?
Would you see the
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Atlantic and emigrant dreams
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Or the
Ellis
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Island of blue hooves?
Somewhere through these
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gates I'll find my next life
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I can almost imagine the face of my wife
And the sons and the daughters
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who'll never know when
I've got the
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Ellis
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Island blues
Do you to
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Or
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No.
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Yes.
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It's idea.
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