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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, 
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On fire with the hope of it all, 
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There my father's own father stood huddled 
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With the tired and the hungry and scared, 
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The turn of the century pilgrims, 
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Bound by the dream that they shared 2 3 1 2 
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They were standing in line just like cattle, 
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They were poked and sorted and shoved; 
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Some were one desk away from sweet freedom; 
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Some were torn from someone they loved. 
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Through this sprawling tower of Babel 
       C                        Am   
Came a young man confused and a-lone 
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De-termined and bound for America; 
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Carrying every-thing that he owned 2 3 1 2 
       
Chorus 
     C                                               G    
Some-times when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes 
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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 
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'Don't take it for granted' say Grandfather's immigrant eyes 2 3 1 2 3 
                                                  
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G                                         
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 
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To land on the island of tears 
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My grandfather's days they are numbered 
      C                    Am  
But I won't let his memory die 
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For he gave me the gift of this country 
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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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