Immigrant Eyes Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Bm][Am][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Oh, Ellis Island was [G]swarming
[C]Like a scene [Bm]from a costume [Am]ball
[D]Decked out in the colors of Europe
And [C]on fire with [D]the hope of it [G]all
There my father's own father
stood huddled
With the [C]tired [Bm]and hungry [Am]and scared
[D]Turn of the century pilgrims
[C]Bound by the [D]dream that they [G]shared
They were standing in line just like cattle
[C]Poked and sorted[Bm] and sho[Am]ved
[D]Some were one desk
away from sweet freedom
[C]Some were torn fro[D]m someone
they [G]love
Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
Came a [C]young man,
[Bm]confused [Am]and alone
[D]Determined and bound for America
And [C]carrying [D]all that he owned
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]Sometimes when I looked in my
grandfather's immigrant [G]eyes
I [D]saw that day reflected and I couldn't
hold my feelings in[G]side
I saw [C]started with nothing
and working hard all of his [G]life
"So [D]don't take it for granted,"
said grandfather's immigrant [G]eyes

[Interlude 1]
[C][Bm][Am]
[D][C][D][G]
[C][Bm][Am][D]
[C][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]He would rock and stare out the window
[C]But his eyes are [Bm]still just as [Am]clear
[D]As the day he sailed through the Harbor
And come [C]ashore on that [D]island
[G]of tears
My grandfather's days were numbered
But I [C]won't let his [Bm]memory [Am]die
'Cause [D]he gave me
the gift of this country
And the [C]look in his [D]immigrant eyes

[Verse 4]
[G]Som[C]etimes when I looked
in my grandfather's immigrant [G]eyes
I [D]saw that day reflected and couldn't
hold my feelings inside
[G]I s[Am]aw st[G]arte[C]d with nothing
and working hard all of [G]his life
"So [D]don't take it for granted," said
grandfather's immigrant eyes
[G]"Do[D]n't take it for granted," said grandfather's
immigrant [G]eye[C]s[G]
[C][Bm][Am][D][G]