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        Murmansk Run/Ellis Island - Al Stewart
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Notation by Adam Woolfe.                         


 F                        C       Bb
  Your father sailed on the Murmansk run

 F             C             Bb         C      Dm
  To guide the flocks of the ships home one by one

         Am           Bb    Dm         G                  Bbm
  Grey beneath the arctic sun,  or the glow of northern lights

 F                C      Bb
  I see you have his photograph

 F             C            Bb      C        Dm
  His eyes are watching for dangers fore and aft

          Am         Bb    Dm    
  Trading days beneath the sun 

          G               Bbm                    F
  For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run.


 F  C  Bb   F  C  Bb


 F                   C       Bb
  He never did come home to you 

 F              C       Bb        C        Dm
  It's long forgotten a childhood dream or two

                Am     Bb       Dm             G               Bbm
  But something of the cold got through and it lingers in your eyes

 F                       C        Bb
  On days like these you hear the wind 

 F             C            Bb         C      Dm
  And feel the chill of the ice flows closing in

          Am         Bb    Dm    
  Trading days beneath the sun 

          G               Bbm                    F
  For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run.


 F  C  Bb   F  C  Bb


  C    C#dim  Dm      C      F        G    C   Bb
  Save our    souls river of darkness over me

  F    C#dim  Dm     C          F       G      Bbm
  Save our    souls lost on the dark uncharted sea


 F                  C         Bb
  Now you hide yourself from view

 F              C        Bb      C     Dm
  You seem to find it an easy thing to do

          Am         Bb    Dm     
  Trading days beneath the sun 

          G               Bbm                    F
  For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run.


       (Instrumental replaces a verse)


 F  C  Bb   F  C  Bb


  C    C#dim  Dm      C      F        G    C   Bb
  Save our    souls river of darkness over me

  F    C#dim  Dm     C          F       G      Bbm
  Save our    souls lost on the dark uncharted sea



 Bb Bb C Bb C C# Eb F (roughly)



 F                                   A
  Well you wake up in the morning on Hester Street

                    Dm    C   Bb 
  And run to the factory  

                  C      F        F/Fsus2/F
  You can't afford to be late

  A
  Working every morning every evening every day

            Dm    C   Bb             C          F      F/Fsus2/F
  For your money,        yet there's nothing to save 

                Bb        C         F
  Watching your life pass by the window

             Bb      C            F
  Feeling it all run through your head

               Bb          F           C
  Counting the thousands behind in the lines

          F                 C7
  Waiting time for their chance


             Dm                F    
  From Ellis Island, day after day

             Gm      Bbm               F    F/Fsus2/F
  From Ellis Island,     dreams slip away.



                                      A
  Meanwhile from the markets come the cries of every tongue

             Dm    C   Bb         C       F       F/Fsus2/F
  And every nation,        refugeless refugees

  A
  Faces fron the endless plains of Russia 

                             Dm    C   Bb 
  Blonde Norwegian, dark Croation,        

           C         F      F/Fsus2/F
  Songs in sad minor keys

              Bb       C           F              Bb       C         F
  Feeling the heat inside the furnace, trying to make that break away

                 Bb          F           C            F           C7
  Reaching their hands for a grip on the edge just to slip back again


             Dm                F    
  From Ellis Island, day after day

             Gm      Bbm               F      F/Fsus2/F
  From Ellis Island,     dreams slip away.


          Eb
  Ah well I've heard it said if you just use your head 

          Bb
  You can make your fortune here

  Bbm
  One lucky break and that's all that it takes

         F                 C
  But it never seems to be near


          F                           A
  Another day another ship pulls into harbour

                                   Dm    C   Bb        
  And the crowd spills down the gangway 

                  C         F       F/Fsus2/F 
  Clutching their suitcases tight

  A                                         
  Blinking in the sunlight at the door of the new world

                    Dm     C   Bb       
  They hold the handrail
  
               C               F     F/Fsus2/F 
  With all the past thrown behind  

               Bb       C        F            Bb        C        F
  Caught in between now and forever wondering just what lies ahead

              Bb          F          C            F          C7
  Each one is waiting and hoping the door will be open to them
   
                                 
             Dm                F    
  On Ellis Island, day after day

           Gm      Bbm               F      F/Fsus2/F
  On Ellis Island,     time slips away

                                 
             Bb      C              F    
  From Ellis Island,    day after day

             Gm      Bbm               F      F/Fsus2/F 
  From Ellis Island,     dreams slip away.



  C    C#dim  Dm      C      F        G    C   Bb
  Save our    souls river of darkness over me

  F    C#dim  Dm     C          F       G      Bbm
  Save our    souls lost on the dark uncharted sea.


 F  C  Bb   F  C  Bb   F  C  Bbm   F




The F/Fsus2/F is the repeating piano bit in Ellis Island.