I Pity The Poor Immigrant chords by Christy Moore

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 (C major) I pity the poor  (F major) immigrant who
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 (G major) wishes he'd stayed  (E minor) at home  (C major) 
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Uses all his power to do  (F major) evil,
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in the  (G major) end is always left so  (C major) alone
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That man  (A minor) who with his  (E minor) fingers cheats
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who  (F major) lies with every breath  (C major) 
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Who passionately hates  (F major) his life and
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 (G major) likewise fears  (E minor) his death  (C major) 
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I pity the poor  (F major) immigrant
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whose strength  (G major) is spent in vain  (C major) 
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Whose heaven is like iron (F major) sides,
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and whose  (G major) tears are  (C major) like  (G major) the  (C major) rain
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Who  (A minor) eats but is not  (E minor) sat  isfied,
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who hears  (F major) but does not see  (C major) 
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Who falls in love with  (F major) wealth itself and
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 (G major) turns his back on  (C major) me  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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I pity the poor  (F major) immigrant who tramples  (G major) 
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through the  (C major) mud
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Who fills his mouth with  (F major) laughing  (G major) and who
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builds his town with blood  (C major) 
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Whose  (A minor) vision in the  (E minor) end
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must  (F major) shatter like a glass  (C major) 
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I pity the poor  (F major) immigrant when his  (G major) gladness
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comes to  (C major) pass