{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2312515,"song":"Ellis Island","artist":"Marc Cohn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482575-ellis-island-chords-by-marc-cohn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2312515?type=chord","rating":4.93061,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was driving down Ninth Avenue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the sky was getting dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDidn't have nothin' else to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I kept on riding to Battery Park[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stepped out in the damp and misty night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the fog was rollin' in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMan said, \"Last boat leaving tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs the boat for Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs my feet touched solid ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI felt a chill run down my spine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could almost hear the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf thousands pushing through the lines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMothers and bewildered wives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sailed across the raging sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOthers runnin' for their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the land of opportunity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down on Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat is this strange paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey must've wondered through the cries and moans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter all they sacrificed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheir faith, their families, friends and homes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen on the separation stairs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were counted out, or counted in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrozen while the inspector stared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown on Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh down on Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho-o-oh     yea-a-ah[/tab]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow me I only stumbled in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust to wander around that empty hall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere someone else's fate had been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDecided in no time at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCases filled with hats and clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the belongings of those who journeyed far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're strange reminders I suppose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf where we're from and who we are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut as the boat pulled off the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could see the fog was lifting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd lights I'd never seen before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere shining down on Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShining down on Ellis Island[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm G F C Am G F C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm G F C Am G F C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb      F      Am F C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm G F C Am G F 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