Chords with lyrics
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