Ellis Island chords by Marc Cohn

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC A minorAm G+G FF C majorC

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I was driving down Ninth Avenue
A minorAm   G+G    FF    C majorC
As the sky was getting dark
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Didn't have nothin' else to do
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So I kept on riding to Battery Park
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I stepped out in the damp and misty night
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As the fog was rollin' in
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Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight
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Is the boat for Ellis Island

Instrumental:
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC A minorAm G+G FF C majorC

A minorAm  G+G      FF   C majorC
As my feet touched solid ground,
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I felt a chill run down my spine
A minorAm   G+G   FF    C majorC
I could almost hear the sound
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Of thousands pushing through the lines
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Mothers and bewildered wives
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That sailed across the raging sea
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Others runnin' for their lives
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To the land of opportunity
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Oh down on Ellis Island
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What is this strange paradise
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They must've wondered through the cries and moans
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After all they sacrificed,
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Their faith, their families, friends and homes
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Then on the separation stairs
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They were counted out, or counted in
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Frozen while the inspector stared
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Down on Ellis Island
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Oh down on Ellis Island
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Who-o-oh   yea-a-ah
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A minorAm    G+G  FF    C majorC
Now me I only stumbled in
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Just to wander around that empty hall
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Where someone else's fate had been
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Decided in no time at all
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Cases filled with hats and clothes
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And the belongings of those who journeyed far
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They're strange reminders I suppose
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Of where we're from and who we are
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But as the boat pulled off the shore
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I could see the fog was lifting
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And lights I'd never seen before
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Were shining down on Ellis Island
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Shining down on Ellis Island

Outro:
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC A minorAm G+G FF C majorC