Eyes Of The Immigrant Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][Asus4]
[D][G][Asus4]

[Verse 1]
They [D]came
by day and they came by night
They [G]came like cattle,
they [A]were packed so tight
They rode on stairways and
they slept on the decks
The [D]only thing they knew was
they could [G]not turn back
They [A]came from
England and they [D]came from
France
They came from up and down
all of the [G]continent
They [A]came in floods [Asus4]and
they [A]came in waves
They [D]came for glory and
they [G]came to escape
Oh, [D]of the healthy, eyes of the lame
[G]Eyes of the free and the
[A]eyes of the chained
Eyes of the [D]wealthy, eyes of the poor
[G]Eyes of an
Indian who [A]rides [Asus4]nevermore
[A]Always remember and [D]never forget
Beneath all the dirt and be
[G]neath all the sweat
Who [A]looked to the future and
knew what it meant
Were the [D]hearts and the minds,
the dreams and the souls
In the [G]eyes [A]of [Asus4]the immigrant[D]
[G][Asus4]
[D][G][Asus4]
[D]People held their breath in
the morning light as
[G]New
York harbors [A]pulled into sight.
They stood on the ladders and the decks
[D]just to see the statue of a lady they called
[G]Liberty.
[A]Hands gripped the rails,
[D]hungry eyes peered up.
Some were crying from their eyes,
some were cry[G]ing from their hearts.
Look[A]in' to the future and
dreamin' what it might be
A [D]son or a daughter could
[G]be the president
[A]Out of
Ellis
Island they [D]poured like sheep
Under the land and [G]into the street
With the [A]hands of the children and
the coats on their backs
They [D]brought nothin' more
than they [G]could fit in a sack
To be [A]carpenters, steel workers,
[D]firemen and cops
Play in a rag, sew shoes and
start neigh[G]borhood shops
To [A]work with their hands and
work with their backs
[D]Pulling coal from the ground and
[G]putting smoke up the stairs
[D]Oh, eyes of the healthy, eyes of the lame
[G]Eyes of the free and the
[A]eyes of the chained
[Asus4]Eye s of [D]the wealthy,
eyes of the poor
[G]Eyes of an
Indian who [A]rides nevermore
Always remember and [D]never forget
Beneath all the dirt and be
[G]neath all the sweat
Who [A]looked to the future and
knew what it meant
Where the [D]hearts and the minds,
the dreams and the souls
And the [G]eyes [A]of an immig[D]rant
[G][A][Asus4]
[D][G][A]
[Asus4]Some trie[D]d to settle,
some could not afford
[G]Some kept dreaming of a
[A]new frontier
Everybody was convinced
they had a place in the sun
[D]It wasn't what you were so much
as [G]what you could become
[A]Everybody's future was[D]n't
everybody's dream
The land could be barren and
the [G]streets could be mean
It's a [A]fact in the suburbs and
the farms and the shacks
Here you [D]only move ahead,
there ain't no [G]place to fall back
[D]Eyes of the healthy, eyes of the lame
[G]Eyes of the free and the
[A]eyes of the chained
[D]Eyes of the wealthy, eyes of the poor
[G]Eyes of an
Indian who [A]rides nevermore
Always remember and [D]never forget
Beneath all the dirt and be
[G]neath all the sweat
And [A]look to the future and
you won't admit
[D]Where the hearts and the minds
The dreams and the souls
And the [G]eyes[A]
Of [D]the [G]immigrant
[A]Of the [D]immigrant[G]
[Asus4]I'll be i[A]n my g[Asus4]rave[D][G]
[A]I'll be in my [D]grave[G][Asus4][D]
Thank you
Thank