Thousands Are Sailing Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords
Thousands Are Sailing , Irish Song Lyrics and chords. The Pogues Written By Phil Chevron. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are now included plus the basic letter notes for Thousands Are Sailing. This one is about emigration from Ireland during the 80's when unemployment was 20%. I don't know how done the arrangement on this song when it was recorded but it's brilliant The pogues do this in the key of A , so place a capo on the second fret and you will be in key. Back to the list of Pogues Song Lyrics .
[G]The island it is silent now
But the[C] ghosts still haunt the waves And the[G] torch lights up a[Em] famished man Who[Am] fortune could not[D] save Did you[G] work upon the railroad Did you[C] rid the streets of crime Were your[G] dollars from the[Em] white house Were they[D] from the five and[G] dime Did the[Em] old songs taunt or cheer you And did[C] they still make you[G] cry Did you[Em] count the months and years Or did your[Am] teardrops quickly[D] dry Ah,[G] No, says he 'twas not to be On a[C] coffin ship I came here And I[G] never even[Em] got so far That[C] they could change my[G] mind Chorus: [Em]Thousands are still sailing A[D]cross the Western[Am] Ocean To a[Em] land of opportunity That[D] some of them will [Am]never see [Em]Fortune prevailing A[D]cross the Western[Am] Ocean Their[Em] bellies full And their spirits free They'll[D] break the chains of[Am] poverty And they'll[C] dance Verse 2 In Manhattan's desert twilight In the death of afternoon We stepped hand in hand on Broadway Like the first man on the moon And "The Blackbird" broke the silence As you whistled it so sweet And in Brendan Behan's footsteps I danced up and down the street Then we said goodnight to Broadway Giving it our best regards Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan Dear old Times Square's favorite bard Then we raised a glass to J.F.K. And a dozen more besides When I got back to my empty room I suppose I must have cried Chorus 2 Thousands are sailing Again across the ocean Where the hand of opportunity Draws tickets in a lottery Postcards we're mailing Of sky-blue skies and oceans From rooms the daylight never sees Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees But we dance to the music And we dance Chorus 3 Thousands are sailing Across the Western Ocean Where the hand of opportunity Draws tickets in a lottery Where e'er we go, we celebrate The land that makes us refugees From fear of Priests with empty plates From guilt and weeping effigies And we dance These are the guitar chords as played by The Pogues.
The intro. C#m E B F#m A E B A [A]The island it is silent now But the[D] ghosts still haunt the waves And the[A] torch lights up a[F#m] famished man Who[B] fortune could not[E] save Did you[A] work upon the railroad Did you[D] rid the streets of crime Were your[A] dollars from the[F#m] white house Were they[E] from the five and[A] dime Did the[F#m] old songs taunt or [E]cheer you And did[D] they still [A]make you cry Did you[F#m] count the months and years Or did [A]your tear[B]drops [F#m]quickly[E] dry Ah,[A] No, says he 'twas not to be On a[D] coffin ship I came here And [A]they never even[E] gave me [A]time For [E]me to cha[B]nge my[A] name Chorus: [C#m]Thousands are still [A]sailing A[E]cross the Western[B] Ocean To a[F#m] land of oppor[A]tunity That[E] some of them will [B]never see [F#m]Fortune prevailing A[E]cross the Western[B] Ocean Their[F#m] bellies full And their [A]spirits free They'll[E] break the chains of[B] pover[F#m]ty And they'll[F#m] dance A B E B A,,,,, [A]In Manhattan's desert twilight In the [D]death of afternoon We stepped [A]hand in hand on Broad[F#m]way Like the [B]first man on the [E]moon And "The [A]Blackbird" broke the silence As you [D]whistled it so sweet And in [A]Brendan Behan's [F#m]footsteps I fell [E]up and down the [A]street Then we [F#m]said goodnight to [E]Broadway Giving [D]it our [A]best regards Tipped our [F#m]hats to Mister Cohan [A]Dear old [F#m]Times Square's favourite [E]bard Then we [A]raised a glass to J.F.K. And a [D]dozen more besides When I [A]got back to my [F#m]empty room I su[E]ppose I must have [A]cried [C#m]Thousands are sailing A[E]gain across the [B]ocean Where the [F#m]hand of oppor[A]tunity Draws [E]tickets in a [B]lottery [D]Post[B]cards we're [F#m]mailing Of [E]sky-blue skies and [B]oceans From [F#m]rooms the daylight [A]never sees Where [E]lights don't glow on [B]Christmas trees D F#m E B D A B E B F#m C#m A E F#m C#m F#m A E B F#m B F#m B F#m A E A Repeat above chorus |
Phil Chevron was the rhythm guitar player for The Pogues. Phil passed away on Tuesday the 8th of October 2013. His most famous song he contributed to the Pogues was Thousands Are Sailing with Shane MacGowan on lead vocals and backing vocals by Phil. Phil was 56 years old and died of Cancer. Phil lived only 4 miles up the road from where I lived but we never met. Phil's other big hit song ''Faithful Departed'' was a hit for Christy Moore.
Phil also preformed in the band ''Radiators from Space'' which he co founded and was the lead singer and guitarist . The Radiators broke up in the early 1980's and Phil left Ireland for London. This is where he met the great singer songwriter Shane MacGowan. Phil joined The Pogues in 1984 as their guitar player. Shane was the guitarist but wanted to concentrate on the singing. Phil was in the Pogues when they recorded Rum Sodomy And The Lash whish is regarded by Pogues fans as the best album ever. R.I.P Phil, you'll be remembered and missed by many in the music game. Here are the guitar chords in the key of D. If you use a capo on the 2nd fret while playing these chords you'll be playing in the key of E.
[D]The island it is silent now But the[G] ghosts still haunt the waves And the[D] torch lights up a[Bm] famished man Who[Em] fortune could not[A] save Did you[D] work upon the railroad Did you[G] rid the streets of crime Were your[D] dollars from the[Bm] white house Were they[A] from the five and[D] dime Did the[Bm] old songs taunt or cheer you And did[G] they still make you[D] cry Did you[Bm] count the months and years Or did your[Em] teardrops quickly[A] dry Ah,[D] No, says he 'twas not to be On a[G] coffin ship I came here And I[D] never even[Bm] got so far That[G] they could change my[D] mind Chorus: [Bm]Thousands are still sailing A[A]cross the Western[Em] Ocean To a[Bm] land of opportunity That[A] some of them will [Em]never see [Bm]Fortune prevailing A[A]cross the Western[Em] Ocean Their[Bm] bellies full And their spirits free They'll[A] break the chains of[Em] poverty And they'll[G] dance |
The Pogues Tin Whistle Sheet Music Notes For Thousands Are Sailing
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All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50
Letter notes for Thousands Are Sailing By The Pogues
Below is the standard sheet music for Thousands Are Sailing for the while song in a slightly lower key