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Thousands Are Sailing chords by 
The Pogues 
Key: A major•BPM: 125
Intro 1
Em
Em
D
Am
Em
G
D
Am
G
G
Verse 1
G
The island, it is silent now
C
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
G
Em
And the torch lights up a famished man
Am
D
Who fortune could not save
G
Did you work upon the railroad
C
Did you rid the streets of crime
G
Em
Were your dollars from the white house
D
G
Were they from the five and dime
Verse 2
Em
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
C
G
And did they still make you cry
Em
Did you count the months and years
Am
D
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
G
Ah, no, says he, 'twas not to be
C
On a coffin ship I came here
G
Em
And I never even got so far
D
G
That they could change my name
Chorus 1
Bm
Thousands are sailing
D
Am
Across the western ocean
Em
G
To a land of opportunity
D
Am
That some of them will never see
Em
Fortune prevailing
D
Am
Across the western ocean
Em
G
Their bellies full, their spirits free
D
Am
They'll break the chains of poverty
C
Em
D
A
And they'll dance
G
G
Verse 3
G
In Manhattan's desert twilight
C
In the death of afternoon
G
Em
We stepped hand in hand down Broadway
Am
D
Like the first man on the moon
G
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
C
As you whistled it so sweet
G
Em
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
D
G
I danced up and down the street
Verse 4
Em
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
C
G
Giving it our best regards
Em
Tipped our hats to mister Cohan
Am
D
Dear old times square's favorite bard
G
Then we raised a glass to JFK
C
And a dozen more besides
G
Em
When I got back to my empty room
D
G
I suppose I must have cried
Chorus 2
Bm
Thousands are sailing
D
Am
Again across the ocean
Em
G
Where the hand of opportunity
D
Am
Draws tickets in a lottery
Em
Postcards we're mailing
D
Am
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
Em
G
From rooms the daylight never sees
D
Am
And lights don't glow on Christmas trees
C
And we dance to the music
Em
D
A
And we dance
C
Em
D
A
Interlude 1
Em
Em
G
D
Am
Em
Em
G
D
Am
Em
Am
Em
C
G
D
G
D
G
Chorus 3
Bm
Thousands are sailing
D
Am
Across the western ocean
Em
G
Where the hand of opportunity
D
Am
Draws tickets in a lottery
Em
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
D
Am
The land that makes us refugees
Em
G
From fear of priests with empty plates
D
Am
From guilt and weeping effigies
C
And we dance to the music
Em
D
A
And we dance
Outro 1
C
Em
D
A
C
Em
D
A
[Repeat and fade]
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