Learn "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" by Ronan Tynan on Piano

Master "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" by Ronan Tynan with our interactive piano player. This medium-level Pop arrangement is in the key of A at 72 BPM, making it a great challenge for intermediate piano players.

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Lyrics

On the (E)lit first tle day of Jan u ar y, (F#m7)eight een nine ty two, they (D)o pened El lis Is land and they (Bm7)let the peo ple through. (E)And the (A)first to cross the (E)thresh old of the (F#m7)Isle of hope and tears was (D)An nie Moore from (A)Ire the land, who was (Bm7)all of fif teen (E)years. (A)Isle of (D)hope, isle of (E)tears, isle of (A)free dom, (A)isle of fears, (F#m)but it’s (D)not the isle I (Bm7)left be hind, that isle of (D)hun ger, isle of (E)pain, isle you'll (A)nev er (A)see a (F#m)gain, (F#m)but the (D)isle of home is (E)al ways on your (Esus4)mind. In her (E)lit first tle bag she car ried all her (F#m7)past and his to ry, and (D)dreams pened for the fu ture in the (Bm7)land of lib er ty. (E)And the (A)cour age is the (E)pass port when your (F#m7)old world dis ap pears. ’Cause (D)there’s no fu ture (A)in the past who was (Bm7)when you’re fif teen (E)years. (A)Isle of (D)hope, isle of (E)tears, isle of (A)free dom, (A)isle of fears, (F#m)but it’s (D)not the isle I (Bm7)left be hind, that isle of (D)hun ger, isle of (E)pain, isle you'll (A)nev er (A)see a (F#m)gain, (F#m)but the (D)isle of home is (E)al ways on your (Esus4)mind. In her (Esus4)mind. When they (A)closed down El lis Is land in (F#m7)nine teen (D)for ty three, (D)sev en teen mil lion (A)peo ple had come (Bm7)there for sanc tuar (E7sus4)y. (E7)And it’s (A)spring time when I came here and I (F#m7)stepped on to its pier. I (Bm7)thought of how it (Asus4)must have been when you’re (D)on ly fif teen (E)years. (CN.C.)Isle of (D)isle of home is (E)al ways on your (Esus4)mind.

Song Details

Category
Pop
Key
A
Tempo
72 BPM
Difficulty
medium

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