Ellis Island chords by Mary Black

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7

Verse:
     Fmaj7Fmaj7          Am7Am7
From the corner of my eye I see a tear rolling down
    Fmaj7Fmaj7               Am7Am7
At the time I couldn't tell whose tear it was
     Fmaj7Fmaj7                Am7Am7
If it was mine, I should be glad that I still function in this cage
      Fmaj7Fmaj7          Am7Am7    Fmaj7Fmaj7
But if it's yours, it only makes me more lost
           Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
To see a tear rolling down
       G+G    FF    C majorC
To see a tear rolling down

Chorus:
    G+G    Am7Am7 G+G         C majorC
This is the last call for Ellis Island
       G+G  Am7Am7 G+G            C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say_____
   C majorC   G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Goodbye, babe_____
   FF  Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7
Goodbye, babe

Verse:
    Fmaj7Fmaj7           Am7Am7
I hear sweethearts whisper their undying love
     Fmaj7Fmaj7            Am7Am7
Above the noise on the quay, their voices rise
        Fmaj7Fmaj7           Am7Am7
They must have something so strong in the face of such change
       Fmaj7Fmaj7          Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
That they can promise and promise all night
         Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Oh, their undying love
      G+G    FF    C majorC
Hear their undying love

Chorus:
    G+G    Am7Am7 G+G         C majorC
This is the last call for Ellis Island
       G+G  Am7Am7 G+G            C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say_____
   C majorC   G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Goodbye, babe_____
   Am7Am7
Goodbye, babe

Instrumental:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G

Bridge:
C majorC           Dm7Dm7
Oh, what you wouldn't give
   E minorEm     FF     G+G   C majorC
To be down on the pier once again
         Dm7Dm7
Far away from the cries
    E minorEm     FF   G+G
Of these war-weary hordes
C majorC          Dm7Dm7
Time up there in the clouds
    E minorEm     FF
Must be hard to endure
  E minorEm      Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7
When your heart's unsure___

Verse:
      Fmaj7Fmaj7             Am7Am7
It's like a knife in my gut knowing you're taking leave
      Fmaj7Fmaj7            Am7Am7
I feel I'm sentenced to a death without appeal
     Fmaj7Fmaj7                Am7Am7
I can pretend it's all a dream, and what I'm seeing will disappear
    Fmaj7Fmaj7          Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
But the end I can see is all too real
           Am7Am7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Knowing you're taking leave
       G+G    FF    C majorC
Knowing you're taking leave

Chorus:
    G+G    Am7Am7 G+G         C majorC
This is the last call for Ellis Island
       G+G  Am7Am7 G+G            C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say_____
   C majorC   G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Goodbye, babe_____
   FF     C majorC
Goodbye, babe

Chorus:
    G+G    Am7Am7 G+G         C majorC
This is the last call for Ellis Island
       G+G  Am7Am7 G+G            C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say_____
   C majorC   G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Goodbye, babe_____
   FF  Am7Am7
Goodbye, babe

Outro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7