Tablature thousands are sailing - The Pogues

          



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  The Pogues,      Thousands Are Sailing

   

  Intro F#m E Bm A

   

  Verse:

      A

  The island it is silent now

          D

  But the ghosts still haunt the waves

          A                 F#m

  And the torch lights up a famished man

      Bm                     E

  Who fortune could not save

   

  E       A

  Did you work upon the railroad

          D

  Did you rid the streets of crime

            A                     F#m

  Were your dollars from the white  house

       E                           A

  Were they from the five and dime

          F#m

  Did the old songs taunt or cheer you

          D                       A

  And did they still make you cry

          F#m

  Did you count the months and years

                  Bm                E

  Or did your teardrops quickly dry

      A

  Ah, No, says he 'twas not to be

       D

  On a coffin ship I came here

        A          F#m

  And I never even got so far

       E                         A

  That they could change my mind

   

  Chorus:

  F#m

  Thousands are still sailing

   E                 Bm

  Across the Western Ocean

       F#m

  To a land of opportunity

       E                 Bm

  That some of them will never see

  F#m

  Fortune prevailing

  E                  Bm

  Across the Western Ocean

        F#m

  Their bellies full

   

  And their spirits free

          E                   Bm

  They'll break the chains of poverty

              D     F#m  E B D F#m E B

  And they'll dance

   

  F#m Bm   F#m D   A E  A E A

   

   

  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

   

   

  D F#m E B /*repeat to fade*/

  

  

   


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