Thousands Are Sailing

Thousands Are Sailing easy guitar chords by The Pogues

1988World
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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  • Em

  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • Em

  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    The 
    island, 
    it 
    is 
    silent 
    now 

    But 
    the 
    ghosts 
    still 
    haunt 
    the 
    waves 

    And 
    the 
    torch 
    lights 
    up 
    famished 
    man 

    Who 
    fortune 
    could 
    not 
    save 

    Did 
    you 
    work 
    upon 
    the 
    railroad 

    Did 
    you 
    rid 
    the 
    streets 
    of 
    crime 

    Were 
    your 
    dollars 
    from 
    the 
    white 
    house 

    Were 
    they 
    from 
    the 
    five 
    and 
    dime 

    Verse 2
    Did 
    the 
    old 
    songs 
    taunt 
    or 
    cheer 
    you 

    And 
    did 
    they 
    still 
    make 
    you 
    cry 

    Did 
    you 
    count 
    the 
    months 
    and 
    years 

    Or 
    did 
    your 
    teardrops 
    quickly 
    dry 

    Ah, 
    no, 
    says 
    he, 
    'twas 
    not 
    to 
    be 

    On 
    coffin 
    ship 
    came 
    here 

    And 
    never 
    even 
    got 
    so 
    far 

    That 
    they 
    could 
    change 
    my 
    name 

    Chorus 1
    Thousands 
    are 
    sailing 

    A
    cross 
    the 
    western 
    ocean 

    To 
    land 
    of 
    oppor
    tunity 

    That 
    some 
    of 
    them 
    will 
    never 
    see 

    Fortune 
    prevailing 

    A
    cross 
    the 
    western 
    ocean 

    Their 
    bellies 
    full, 
    their 
    spirits 
    free 

    They'll 
    break 
    the 
    chains 
    of 
    poverty 

    And 
    they'll 
    dance 


    Verse 3
    In 
    Man
    hattan's 
    desert 
    twilight 

    In 
    the 
    death 
    of 
    afternoon 

    We 
    stepped 
    hand 
    in 
    hand 
    down 
    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 

    danced 
    up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    street 

    Verse 4
    Then 
    we 
    said 
    goodnight 
    to 
    Broadway 

    Giving 
    it 
    our 
    best 
    re
    gards 

    Tipped 
    our 
    hats 
    to 
    mister 
    Cohan 

    Dear 
    old 
    times 
    square's 
    favorite 
    bard 

    Then 
    we 
    raised 
    glass 
    to 
    JFK 

    And 
    dozen 
    more 
    besides 

    When 
    got 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    empty 
    room 

    sup
    pose 
    must 
    have 
    cried 

    Chorus 2
    Thousands 
    are 
    sailing 

    A
    gain 
    across 
    the 
    ocean 

    Where 
    the 
    hand 
    of 
    oppor
    tunity 

    Draws 
    tickets 
    in 
    lottery 

    Postcards 
    we're 
    mailing 

    Of 
    sky-blue 
    skies 
    and 
    oceans 

    From 
    rooms 
    the 
    daylight 
    never 
    sees 

    And 
    lights 
    don't 
    glow 
    on 
    Christmas 
    trees 

    And 
    we 
    dance 
    to 
    the 
    music 

    And 
    we 
    dance 


    Interlude 1




    Chorus 3
    Thousands 
    are 
    sailing 

    A
    cross 
    the 
    western 
    ocean 

    Where 
    the 
    hand 
    of 
    oppor
    tunity 

    Draws 
    tickets 
    in 
    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 
    to 
    the 
    music 

    And 
    we 
    dance 

    Outro 1


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