Tonart: Eb major•
Verse 1
Eb
Ebsus4
Eb
Ebsus4
Old
Eb
Ellis Island is swarming,
Ab
like a scene from a costume ball.
Eb
Bb
Fm
Bb
Laid down in the corners of Europe,
Ab
Bb
Confined with the hope
Eb
of it all.
There my father's own father
stood hot armed,
Ab
Fm
With the tired and hungry and scared.
Bb
Turn of the century pilgrims,
Eb
Bound by the dreams that they shared.
Bb
They were standing in line just like cattle.
Eb
Ab
Prodded and poked and shoved.
Bb
Fm
Some were one desk away
Eb
Bb
Eb
Through the sprawling tower of Babel,
Cm
Ab
came a young man confused and alone,
Fm
Ab
Bb
Determined and bound for America,
Fm
Bb
carrying everything that
Eb
he owned.
Ab
Sometimes when I look at
Eb
my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see that day reflected,
Bb
Eb
and I can't hold my feelings inside.
Ab
Then he started from nothing
Gm
and worked hard all of his life.
Cm
God take it for granted,
Fm
Bb
say Grandfather Zimmerman
Eb
Ebsus4
Bbm
E
Bm
died.
out the window,
A
while his eyes are still just as clear
Gbm
B
as the day he sailed from a harbor,
E
him ashore on the island of fear.
A
E
Bm
Now my grandfather's days are numbered,
E
A
E
Gbm
but I won't let his memory die.
A
B
For he gave me the gift of this country,
E
and the look in his emigrant eyes.
A
Sometimes when I look at
E
my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see my day reflected
B
E
and I can't hold my feelings in side.
A
As he started with nothing
Gbm
Abm
and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted,
Gbm
B
E
Bm
say grandfather's emigrant eyes.
E
A
As he started with nothing
Gbm
Bsus4
B
Abm
and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted.
Abm
Gbm
A
say grandfather's emig
Bsus4
B
E
Bm
E
rant eyes.
Thank you.
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