Ellis Island
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G/B
[Verse 1]
G F# Em
Forced into famine poverty and crime
Cadd9 G
Prosperity was a different world to mine
G F# Em
To better our lives we packed up and left
Cadd9 F# G
To look for the American dream.
G F# Em
The trip was long it was cold and wet
Cadd9 G
With love and ideals as our dream
G F# Em
Many died on the journey across
Cadd9 F# G
With their bodies dumped into the sea.
[Chorus]
Am C
We sang songs of hope as we were forced off our land
Am C
By a brutal nation with blood on its hands
G F# Em
Driven by what might be
Cadd9 F# G
To look for the American dream.
[Verse 2]
G F# Em
The welcoming lady with her beacon of light
Cadd9 G
Showed me Ellis Island at the end of my plight
G F# Em
The clothes on my back and my life in a bag
Cadd9 F# G
A community was waiting for me.
G F# Em
Building Manhattan with skills learned from home
Cadd9 G
Working the jobs no-one would own
G F# Em
Navvies and builders firemen and cops
Cadd9 F# G
Jobs for the boys who'd lost all their crops
[Chorus]
Am C
We sang songs of hope as we were forced off our land
Am C
By a brutal nation with blood on its hands
G F# Em
Driven by what might be
Cadd9 F# G
To look for the American dream.
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G/B
[Verse 3]
G F# Em
The love of a land we were forced to flee
Cadd9 G
We left to escape the tyranny
G F# Em
Providing a life for our families
Cadd9 F# G
Giving us hope to achieve.
G F# Em
Many years on we looked back on that time
Cadd9 G
The tragic deaths of the friends of mine
G F# Em
Choices were made whether right or wrong
Cadd9 F# G
We remember them all in this song.
[Chorus]
Am C
We sang songs if hope as we were forced off our land
Am C
By a brutal nation with blood on its hands
G F# Em
Driven by what might be
Cadd9 F# G
To look for the American dream.
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G
G F# Em
Driven by what might be
Cadd9 F# G
To look for the American dream.
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G
G F# Em Cadd9 F# G
Como tocar Ellis Island
Use os controles acima para mudar o tom e ajustar o tamanho do texto. Acompanhe os acordes destacados enquanto ouve a música e pratique cada trecho devagar antes de tocar no andamento original.
Qual é o acorde inicial?
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Posso tocar no violão, guitarra ou teclado?
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