The Immigrant chords by Neil Sedaka

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

SONG:  THE IMMIGRANT
ARTIST: NEIL SEDAKA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


           THE IMMIGRANT
           NEIL SEDAKA

INTRO:
Eb F  Eb F

VERSE:
 Eb                       F
Harbours open their arms to the young searching foreigner
 Eb                     F
Come to live in the light of the beacon of liberty
 Bb
Plains and open skies
 Am          Dm
Billboards would advertise
    F       Gm  C     F
Was it anything like that when you arrived?


PRE-CHORUS:
 Cm                       F
Dream boats carried the future to the heart of America
 Cm                   F
People were waiting in line for a place by the river


CHORUS:
 F          Am          Gm Bb
It was a time when strangers were welcome here
 F           Am          Gm     C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
     Am     D
It was a sweeter tune
       Bb   Bb Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
   F      Bb       F  C F
That people could come from everywhere


VERSE:
 Eb                         F
Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on miracles
 Eb                       F
Come to marry his fortune with a hand full of promises
  Bb
To find they've closed the door
      Am     Dm
They don't want him anymore
    Gm    Bb      F
There isn't any more to go around


PRE-CHORUS:
 Cm                    F
Turning away he remembers he once heard a 🏷Legend
   Cm                    F
That spoke of a mystical magical land called America


CHORUS:
 F           Am          Gm Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
 F           Am          Gm     C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
     Am   D
It was a sweeter tune
       Bb   Bb Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
   F      Bb       F  C F
That people could come from everywhere


INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb F  Eb F


CHORUS:
 F           Am          Gm  Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
 F           Am          Gm     C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
     Am   D
It was a sweeter tune
       Bb     Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
   F      Bb        F  C F
That people could come from everywhere


INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb F Eb F


CHORUS/OURTRO:
 F           Am          Gm  Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
 F           Am          Gm     C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear


 F           Am          Gm  Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
 F           Am          Gm     C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear - FADE OUT