Immigrant Eyes chords by Guy Clark

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Immigrant Eyes (Key Bb majorBb Capo 3rd Fret) Guy Clark

G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3 G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3

G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3 G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3
G+G
Old Ellis Island was swarming,
    C majorC          A minorAm
Like a scene from a costume ball,
    D7D7
Decked out in the colors of Europe,
  C majorC       D7D7     G+G
On fire with the hope of it all,
G+G
There my father's own father stood huddled
     C majorC            A minorAm
With the tired and the hungry and scared,
  D7D7
The turn of the century pilgrims,
C majorC      D7D7       G+G
Bound by the dream that they shared 2 3 1 2
G+G
They were standing in line just like cattle,
     C majorC          A minorAm
They were poked and sorted and shoved;
     D7D7
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom;
     C majorC     D7D7      G+G
Some were torn from someone they loved.
G+G
Through this sprawling tower of Babel
    C majorC            A minorAm
Came a young man confused and a-lone
  D7D7
De-termined and bound for America;
C majorC       D7D7      G+G
Carrying every-thing that he owned 2 3 1 2

Chorus
   C majorC                        G+G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
   D7D7                         G+G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
   C majorC                         G+G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
    D7D7            C majorC       D7D7    G+G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3

G+G 2 3 G+G 2 3 G+G 2 3 G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3 C majorC 2 3 A minorAm 2 3 A minorAm 2 3

D MajorD 2 3 D MajorD 2 3 D MajorD 2 3 D MajorD 2 3 C majorC 2 3 D MajorD 2 3 G+G 2 3 G+G 2
G+G
Now he rocks and he stares out the window
    C majorC           A minorAm
But his eyes are still just as clear
    D7D7
As the day he sailed into the harbor
  C majorC           G+G
To land on the island of tears
G+G
My grandfather's days they are numbered
   C majorC          A minorAm
But I won't let his memory die
    D7D7
For he gave me the gift of this country
    C majorC      D7D7
And the look in his immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2

Chorus
   C majorC                        G+G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
   D7D7                         G+G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
   C majorC                         G+G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
    D7D7            C majorC       D7D7    G+G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3
   C majorC                        G+G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
   D7D7                         G+G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
   C majorC                         G+G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
    D7D7            C majorC       D7D7    G+G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes
    D7D7            C majorC       D7D7    G+G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3

G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3 G+G 2 3 C majorC 2 3