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Verse 1
(D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (Dsus4) Old
(D major)
Ellis Island is swarming,
like (G major) a scene from a costume ball.
(D major) Laid (A major) down in the corners (E minor) of (A major) Europe,
Con (G major) fined with the (A major) hope
(D major) of it all.
There my father's own father
stood hot armed,
With the tired (G major) and hungry an (E minor) d scared.
(A major) Turn of the century pilgrims,
Bound by the dreams that they (D major) shared.
They were standing (A major) in line just like cattle.
(D major) Prodded (G major) and poked and shoved.
Some were (A major) one (E minor) desk away
from sweet freedom. (A major)
(E minor) Some were torn from
(A major) someone they loved.
Through (D major) the (A major) sprawling tower of Ba (D major) bel,
came a young (B minor) man confused and (G major) alone,
(E minor)
(G major) Determ (A major) ined and bound for America,
carry (E minor) ing (A major) everything that
he owned. (D major)
Sometimes (G major) when I look at
my grandfather's emigrant (D major) eyes,
I see that day reflected,
and I can't hold my (A major) feelings in (D major) side.
Then he star (G major) ted from nothing
and worked hard all of his (F sharp minor) life.
God take it (B minor) for granted,
say (E minor) Grandfather (A major) Zimmerman
died. (D major) (Dsus4) (A minor) (E flat major) (B flat minor)
Now he sit (E flat major) s and stares
out the window,
while his (A flat major) eye s are still just as clear
(F minor) as (B flat major) the day he sailed from a harbor,
him ashore on the island of fear. (E flat major)
(A flat major) Now (E flat major) my grandfather's days are (B flat minor) numbered,
(E flat major) but I won't (A flat major) let his (E flat major) memory (F minor) die.
(A flat major) For he (B flat major) gave me the gift of this country,
and the look in his emigrant eye (E flat major) s.
Sometimes (A flat major) when I look at
my grandfather's emigrant (E flat major) eyes,
I see my day reflected
and I can't (B flat major) hold my feelings (E flat major) in side.
As he (A flat major) started with nothing
and (F minor) worked hard all of his (G minor) life.
Don't take it for granted,
(F minor) say grand (B flat major) father's emigrant (E flat major) eyes. (B flat minor)
(E flat major) As he (A flat major) started with nothing
and (F minor) worked (B flatsus4) hard all (B flat major) of his (G minor) life.
Don't take it for granted.
say (G minor) (F minor) grandfather (A flat major) 's emig
(B flatsus4) rant (B flat major) eye (E flat major) s. (B flat minor) (E flat major)
Thank you.
Immigrant Eyes
Ronan Tynan
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