{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2111543,"song":"The Immigrant","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111543-the-immigrant-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111543?type=chord","rating":4.62239,"votes":4,"content":"The Immigrant\r\nWritten by Merle Haggard & Dave Kirby\r\nRecorded by Merle Haggard\r\n(No Capo)\r\n\r\n[Intro] X4\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse]\r\n   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA- merican ranching consists of a mansion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere illegal immigrants do much of the labor by hand[/tab]\r\nThey sneak 'em through customs till time comes to bust 'em\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen haul 'em back over the border to their own native land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a ragged sombrero and not much dinero[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'll be back again when the ole Rio Grande's way down low[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBorder patroller don't stop the stroller[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause the Mexican immigrant is helping America grow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nViva La Mexico, go where they let you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDo what you can for the land[/tab]\r\nTake home dinero and buy new sombrero\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd come back again when you can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat makes a gringo your smart aleck lingo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen he stole this land from the Indian man way back when[/tab]\r\nDon't he remember the big money lender\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat put him a lien parked where his pencil had been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe almighty peso that gives him the say so[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo dry up the river whenever there's crops to bring in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis a good neighbor to take all his labor[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen chase him back over the border till he's needed a- gain[/tab]","plain_text":"The Immigrant\nWritten by Merle Haggard & Dave Kirby\nRecorded by Merle Haggard\n(No Capo)\n\n[Intro] X4\nG\n\n\n\nThey sneak 'em through customs till time comes to bust 'em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nTake home dinero and buy new sombrero\n\n\n[Solo]\nG G G D Am D D G G\n\n\n\nDon't he remember the big money lender","chords":["G","A","Bm","Am","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}