Immigrant Eyes - Guy Clark Chords
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G
Oh Ellis Island was swarming
C Em Am
Like a scene from a costume ball
D
Decked out in the colors of Europe
C D G
And on fire with the hope of it all
G
There my father's own father stood huddled
C Em Am
With the tired and hungry and scared
D
Turn of the century pilgrims
C D G
Bound by the dream that they shared
G
They were standing in lines just like cattle
C Em Am
Poked and sorted and shoved
D
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
C D G
Some were torn from someone they loved
G
Through this sprawling tower of babel
C Em Am
Came a young man confused and alone
D
Determined and bound for America
C D G
And carryin' everything that he owned
C G
Sometimes when I look in my grandfathers immigrant eyes
D G
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside
C G
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
D C D G
So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes
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