Immigrant Eyes chords by Guy Clark

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

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Old Ellis Island was swarming,
       C                    Am
Like a scene from a costume ball,
       D7
Decked out in the colors of Europe,
   C             D7         G
On fire with the hope of it all,
G
There my father's own father stood huddled
         C                        Am
With the tired and the hungry and scared,
    D7
The turn of the century pilgrims,
C            D7              G
Bound by the dream that they shared 2 3 1 2
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They were standing in line just like cattle,
          C                    Am
They were poked and sorted and shoved;
          D7
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom;
          C         D7           G
Some were torn from someone they loved.
G
Through this sprawling tower of Babel
       C                        Am
Came a young man confused and a-lone
   D7
De-termined and bound for America;
C              D7            G
Carrying every-thing that he owned 2 3 1 2

Chorus
     C                                               G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
      D7                                                 G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
      C                                                 G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
       D7                       C             D7        G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3

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Now he rocks and he stares out the window
        C                      Am
But his eyes are still just as clear
       D7
As the day he sailed into the harbor
   C                     G
To land on the island of tears
G
My grandfather's days they are numbered
      C                    Am
But I won't let his memory die
       D7
For he gave me the gift of this country
        C           D7
And the look in his immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2

Chorus
     C                                               G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
      D7                                                 G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
      C                                                 G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
       D7                       C             D7        G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3
     C                                               G
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
      D7                                                 G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
      C                                                 G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
       D7                       C             D7        G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes
       D7                       C             D7        G
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3

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