Al Stewart – Murmansk Run - Ellis Island (Guitar)

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Your father sailed on the Murmansk Run

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To guide the flocks of the ships home one by one

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Grey beneath the Arctic sun

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Or the glow of Northern Lights

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I see you have his photograph

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His eyes are watching for dangers fore or aft

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Trading days beneath the sun

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For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run

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He never did come home to you

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It's long forgotten, a childhood dream or two

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But something of the cold got through

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And it lingers in your eyes

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On days like these you hear the wind

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And feel the chill of the ice floes closing in

        Em     F            Am
Trading days beneath the sun

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For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run

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Save our souls, river of darkness over me

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Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea

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Now you hide yourself from view

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You seem to find it an easy thing to do

        Em     F         Am
Trading days beneath the sun

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For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run

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Save our souls, river of darkness over me

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Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea

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Well you wake up in the morning on Hester street

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And run to the factory, you can't afford to be late

E
Working every morning, every evening, every day

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For your money, yet there's nothing to save

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Watching your life pass by the window

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Feeling it all run through your hands

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Counting the thousands behind in the lines

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Waiting time for their chance

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From Ellis Island, day after day

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From Ellis Island, dreams slip away

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Meanwhile from the market come the cries

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Of every tongue and every nation

F     G        C
Refugeless refugees

E
Faces from the endless plains of Russia

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Blonde Norwegian, dark Croatian

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Songs in sad minor keys

            F      G           C
Feeling the heat inside the furnace

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Trying to make that break away

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Reaching their hands for a grip

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On the edge just to slip back again

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From Ellis Island, day after day

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From Ellis Island, dreams slip away

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Ah well I've heard it said

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If you just use your head

        F
You can make your fortune here

Fm
One lucky break and that's all it would take

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But it never seems to be near

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Another day, another ship pulls into harbor

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And the crowd spills down the gangway

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Clutching their suitcases tight

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Blinking in the sunlight at the door of the new world

              Am      G
They hold the handrail

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With all the past thrown behind

            F         G       C
Caught in between now and forever

          F         G         C
Wondering just what lies ahead

            F           C
Each one is waiting and hoping

    G            C       G
The door will be open to them

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On Ellis Island, day after day

         Dm     Fm           C
On Ellis Island, time slips away

           F      G          C
From Ellis Island, day after day

           Dm     Fm            C
From Ellis Island, dreams slip away

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Save our souls, river of darkness over me

C        Am     G           C      D       Fm
Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea