Immigrant Eyes (Key Bb Capo 3rd Fret) Guy Clark
G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3
G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3
G (320003@1)
Old Ellis Island was swarming,
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
Like a scene from a costume ball,
D7 (xx0212@1)
Decked out in the colors of Europe,
C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
On fire with the hope of it all,
G (320003@1)
There my father's own father stood huddled
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
With the tired and the hungry and scared,
D7 (xx0212@1)
The turn of the century pilgrims,
C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
Bound by the dream that they shared 2 3 1 2
G (320003@1)
They were standing in line just like cattle,
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
They were poked and sorted and shoved;
D7 (xx0212@1)
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom;
C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
Some were torn from someone they loved.
G (320003@1)
Through this sprawling tower of Babel
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
Came a young man confused and a-lone
D7 (xx0212@1)
De-termined and bound for America;
C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
Carrying every-thing that he owned 2 3 1 2
Chorus
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3
G2 (320003@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 Am2 (x02210@1)3 Am2 (x02210@1)3
D2 (xx0232@1)3 D2 (xx0232@1)3 D2 (xx0232@1)3 D2 (xx0232@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 D2 (xx0232@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 G2 (320003@1)
G (320003@1)
Now he rocks and he stares out the window
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
But his eyes are still just as clear
D7 (xx0212@1)
As the day he sailed into the harbor
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
To land on the island of tears
G (320003@1)
My grandfather's days they are numbered
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
But I won't let his memory die
D7 (xx0212@1)
For he gave me the gift of this country
C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1)
And the look in his immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2
Chorus
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings in-side
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes
D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)
'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3
G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3
G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 G2 (320003@1)3 C2 (x32010@1)3 G (320003@1)
