Immigrant Eyes chords by Guy Clark

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Verse 1

Oh Ellis Island was swarming

Like a scene from a costume hall

Decked out in the colors in Europe

And on fire with the hope of it all

Verse 2
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There stood my father's own
father stood huddled
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With the tired and hungry and scared
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Turn of the century pilgrims
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Bound by the dream that
they shared
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Verse 3
They were standing in
lines just like cattle
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Poked and prodded and
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shoved
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Some were one desk away
from sweet freedom
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Some were were torn from
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someone they love

Verse 4
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Through this sprawling tower of babel
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Came a young man confused and alone
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De termined and bound
for America
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And carryin' everything
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that he owned

Verse 5
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[Chorus]
Sometimes when I look in my
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grandfather's Immigrant Eyes
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I see that day reflected and
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I can't hold my feelings inside
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I see starting with nothing
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and working hard all of his life
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So don't take it for granted say grandfather's
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Immigrant
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Eyes

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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Now he rocks and stares out the window
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But his eyes are still just as clear
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As the day he sailed through
the harbor
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And come ashore on the island of tears

Verse 7
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My grandfather's days are numbered
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But I won' t  let his memory die
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'Cause he gave me the
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gift of this country
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And the look in his Immigrant Eyes