Immigrant Eyes chords by Willie Nelson
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (B minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
Oh, Ellis Island was swarming (G major)
Like a scene (C major) (B minor) from a costume ball (A minor)
(D major) Decked out in the colors of Europe
And on fire (C major) with (D major) the hope of it all (G major)
There my father's own father
stood huddled
With the (C major) tired and hungry (B minor) and scared (A minor)
(D major) Turn of the century pilgrims
(C major) Bound by the (D major) dream that they (G major) shared
They were standing in line just like cattle
(C major) Poked and sor (B minor) ted and shoved (A minor)
(D major) Some were one desk
away from sweet freedom
(C major) Some were torn (D major) from someone
they (G major) love
Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
Came a (C major) young man,
(B minor) confused and alone (A minor)
(D major) Determined and bound for America
And (C major) carrying all (D major) that he owned
(G major)
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Verse 2
Sometimes (C major) when I looked in my
grandfather's immigrant eyes (G major)
I (D major) saw that day reflected and I couldn't
hold my feelings in (G major) side
I saw (C major) started with nothing
and working hard all of his life (G major)
"So (D major) don't take it for granted,"
said grandfather's immigrant (G major) eyes
Interlude 1
(C major) (B minor) (A minor)
(D major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (B minor) (A minor) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 3
(G major) He would rock and stare out the window
(C major) But his eyes are (B minor) still just as (A minor) clear
(D major) As the day he sailed through the Harbor
And come (C major) ashore on that (D major) island
(G major) of tears
My grandfather's days were numbered
But I (C major) won't let his memory (B minor) die (A minor)
'Cause (D major) he gave me
the gift of this country
And the (C major) look in his (D major) immigrant eyes
Verse 4
(G major) Some (C major) times when I looked
in my grandfather's immigrant eyes (G major)
I (D major) saw that day reflected and couldn't
hold my feelings inside
(G major) (A minor) I (G major) saw (C major) started with nothing
and working hard all of his life (G major)
"So (D major) don't take it for granted," said
grandfather's immigrant eyes
(G major) (D major) "Don't take it for granted," said grandfather's
immigrant (G major) eyes (C major) (G major)
(C major) (B minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
Immigrant Eyes
Willie Nelson
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