Chords with lyrics
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
Right beside the ocean with a warm breeze
C majorC G+G A augmentedA
A majorA little boy was born beneath the palm trees
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
The air was thick the sun was shining daily
C majorC G+G A augmentedA
Mom was in the Kitchen cooking mehlee
Bridge:
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
But I don’t wanna talk about that anymore
G+G A minorAm
That was back then, that was before
A minorAm G+G A augmentedA
Now I am a new man with a big plan living in a new land…
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G
I am an immigrant, I am
D MajorD A minorAm
I am an immigrant, I am
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
I am an immigrant, I am
Instrumental:
D MajorD A minorAm Am
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
On an island in the Indian Ocean
C majorC G+G A augmentedA
A majorA better life possessed all my devotion
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
When every night I’d hear the bullets ringing
C majorC G+G A augmentedA
I’d close my eyes and pray for a new beginning
Bridge:
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
So when the papers arrived at my door
G+G A minorAm
I thanked god, ‘cuz I was so sure
A minorAm G+G A augmentedA
that I was a new man with a big plan moving to a new land
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G
I am an immigrant, I am
D MajorD A minorAm
I am an immigrant, I am
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
I am an immigrant, I am
Instrumental:
D MajorD A minorAm Am
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
They say my food is funny, my name is funny, I look funny
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
They say my clothes are funny, I speak, I laugh funny
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
They say I pray funny, I dream funny, I sing funny
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
My god is funny, but where I’m from it’s not so funny…
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G
I am an immigrant, I am
D MajorD A minorAm
I am an immigrant, I am
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm