Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Ebsus4
Eb
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Old
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Ellis Island is swarming,
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Fm
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Laid down in the corners of Europe,
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Confined with the hope
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of it all.
There my father's own father
stood hot armed,
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Fm
With the tired and hungry and scared.
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They were standing in line just like cattle.
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Ab
Prodded and poked and shoved.
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Fm
Some were one desk away
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Bb
Eb
Through the sprawling tower of Babel,
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came a young man confused and alone,
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Bb
Determined and bound for America,
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carrying everything that
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he owned.
I see that day reflected,
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and I can't hold my feelings inside.
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say Grandfather Zimmerman
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Ebsus4
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E
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died.
out the window,
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B
as the day he sailed from a harbor,
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Now my grandfather's days are numbered,
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but I won't let his memory die.
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For he gave me the gift of this country,
I see my day reflected
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and I can't hold my feelings in side.
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and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted,
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say grandfather's emigrant eyes.
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As he started with nothing
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and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted.
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say grandfather's emig
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rant eyes.
Thank you.
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