F#m   E   Bm 
F#m   E   Bm 
A

[Intro Melody]
   F#m             E          Bm        F#m                       E          Bm           A
E|-9-9----9-12-9-|----------9---------|----------------------|-------------9------------|----|
B|-----12--------|-12-10-12---12-10---|-9-10-10-10-9---------|-10-12-10-12---12-10----9-|-10-|
G|---------------|-----------------11-|--------------11-9----|---------------------11---|----|
D|---------------|--------------------|-------------------11-|--------------------------|----|
A|---------------|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----|
E|---------------|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----|

[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 name

[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     
And they'll dance

[Interlude]
(D) F#m  E  Bm
A   

[Interlude Melody]
   D                      F#m                           E         Bm                         A
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|-12-9------------------9------------|----|
B|-10-10-10-12-10-9---9-|-10-10-10-10-12-10-9---------|------12-9-12-12-12-12---12-10------|-10-|
G|------------------11--|---------------------11-9-10-|-------------------------------11-9-|----|
D|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|----|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|----|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|----|

[Verse 2]
   A
In Manhattan's desert twilight
        D
In the death of afternoon
            A               F#m
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway
               Bm          E
Like the first man on the moon
    A                 
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
       D
As you whistled it so sweet
       A               F#m
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
         E               A
I danced up and down the street
        F#m
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
       D             A  
Giving it our best regards
           A              F#m
Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan
         Bm                       E
Dear old Times Square's favourite bard
        A  
Then we raised a glass to J.F.K.
       F#m
And a dozen more besides
       A              F#m
When I got back to my empty room
   E                   A
I suppose I must have cried

[Chorus 2]
F#m
Thousands are sailing
 E               Bm
Again across the ocean
          F#m          
Where the hand of opportunity
      E            Bm
Draws tickets in a lottery
F#m
Postcards we're mailing
   E                  Bm
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
     F#m                
From rooms the daylight never sees
      E                    Bm
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
        D                         F#m  
But we dance to the music, and we dance

[Interlude]
(D) (F#m)  E  Bm
D  F#m  E  Bm
F#m     A   E


[Interlude Melody]
   D                      F#m                           E         Bm                       
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|-12-9------------------9------------|
B|-10-10-10-12-10-9---9-|-10-10-10-10-12-10-9---------|------12-9-12-12-12-12---12-10----9-|
G|------------------11--|---------------------11-9-10-|-------------------------------11---|
D|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
x2

   F#m                  F#m                     A             E         
E|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7---|---------7---------------------|
G|-6------------------|-6-------------------8-|-9-9-8-9---9-6---6-------------|
D|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------9---9-6---6-----|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------9---9-7-|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
x2

   F#m                F#m                A    E     A  E  A          
E|------------------|------------------|----9-7-9-7---------|
B|--7-7--9-10-9-7---|--7-7--9-10-9-7-9-|-10---------10-9-10-|
G|-6--------------9-|-6----------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

[Chorus 3]
F#m
Thousands are sailing
 E               Bm
Again across the ocean
          F#m          
Where the hand of opportunity
      E            Bm
Draws tickets in a lottery
      F#m
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
     E                 Bm
The land that makes us refugees
     F#m
From fear of Priests with empty plates
     E                 Bm
From guilt and weeping effigies
        D                         F#m  
And we dance to the music, and we dance

[Outro]
(D) (F#m)  E  Bm
D  F#m  E  Bm
repeat to fade

[Outro Melody]
   D                      F#m                           E         Bm                       
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|-12-9------------------9------------|
B|-10-10-10-12-10-9---9-|-10-10-10-10-12-10-9---------|------12-9-12-12-12-12---12-10----9-|
G|------------------11--|---------------------11-9-10-|-------------------------------11---|
D|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|