The interdependence between long range correlations and topological signatures in fermionic arrays is examined. End-to-end correlations, in particular those accounting for the hopping between the chain edges, maintain a characteristic pattern in the presence of delocalized excitations. This feature can be used as an operational criterion to identify Majorana fermions in one-dimensional systems. The study discusses how to obtain the chain eigenstates in tensor-state representation as well as the correlations. Outstandingly, the final result can be written as a simple analytical expression that underlines the link with the system's topological phases.