Guy Clark - Immigrant Eyes Chords

Capo 2


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Oh Ellis Island was swarming     
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Like a scene from a costume ball      
       D
Decked out in the colors of Europe       
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And on fire with the hope of it all
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There my father's own father stood huddled         
         C         Em     Am
With the tired and hungry and scared
D
Turn of the century pilgrims
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Bound by the dream that they shared
 
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They were standing in lines just like cattle
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Poked and sorted and shoved
          D
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
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Came a young man confused and alone
  D
Determined and bound for America
    C             D             G
And carryin' everything that he owned


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Sometimes when I look in my grandfathers immigrant eyes
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I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside
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I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
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So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes

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Now he rocks and he stares out the window
        C        Em            Am
But his eyes are still just as clear
       D
As the day he sailed through the harbor
         C             D         G
And come ashore on the island of tears
   G
My grandfather's days are numbered
      C             Em     Am
But I won't let his memory die
          D
'Cause he gave me the gift of sweet freedom
        C           D         G
And the look in his Immigrant Eyes


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