WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Celtic Woman - The New Ground Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse]
G Em
On the first day of January 1892
C D
They opened Ellis Island and they let the people through
G Em
And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears
C D
Was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of 15 years
[Chorus]
Em D
Isle of hope, isle of tears
C G
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
Em C D
But it’s not the isle you left behind
Em D
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
C G
Isle you’ll never see again
Em C G
But the isle of home is always on your mind
[Verse]
G Em
In a little bag, she carried all her past and history
C D
And her dreams for the future in the land of liberty
G Em
And courage is the passport when your old world disappears
C D
But there’s no future in the past when you’re 15 years
[Chorus]
Em D
Isle of hope, isle of tears
C G
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
Em C D
But it’s not the isle you left behind
Em D
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
C G
Isle you’ll never see again
E C G
But the isle of home is always on your mind
[Verse]
G Em
When they closed down Ellis Island in 1943
C D
17 million people had come there for sanctuary
G Em
And in springtime when I came here and I stepped onto its piers
C D
I thought of how it must have been when you’re 15 years
[Chorus]
Em D
Isle of hope, isle of tears
C G
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
Em C D
But it’s not the isle you left behind
Em D
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
C G
Isle you’ll never see again
Em C G
But the isle of home is always on your mind
