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The Immigrant

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INTRO: 
Eb/F  F     Eb/F  F
VERSE:
Eb/FHarbours open their arms to the young searching fForeigner
Eb/FCome to live in the light of the beacon of lFiberty
PBblains and open skies
BAmillboards would adverDmtise
Was it Fanything like tGmhat wChen you arrFived?
PRE-CHORUS:
DCmream boats carried the future to the heart of AmFerica
PCmeople were waiting in line for a place Fby the river
CHORUS:
IFt was a time when stAmrangers were welcome hGmereBb  
MFusic would play they tAmell me the days were sGmweet and clCear
It was a sAmweeter tuneD  
And there was Bbso much Bbro-Bbmom
That pFeople could cBbome from everywhFereC  F  
VERSE:
Eb/FNow he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on mFiracles
Eb/FCome to marry his fortune with a hand full of prFomises
To fBbind they've closed the door
They don't Amwant him anyDmmore
There iGmsn't any mBbore to go aroFund
PRE-CHORUS:
TCmurning away he remembers he once heard a lFegend
That sCmpoke of a mystical magical land called AmFerica
CHORUS:
TFhere was a time when stAmrangers were welcome hGmereBb  
MFusic would play they tAmell me the days were sGmweet and clCear
It was a sAmweeter tDune
And there was Bbso much Bbro-Bbmom
That pFeople could cBbome from everywhFereC  F  
INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb/F  F     Eb/F  F
CHORUS:
TFhere was a time when stAmrangers were welcome hGmereBb  
MFusic would play they tAmell me the days were sGmweet and clCear
It was a sAmweeter tDune
And there was Bbso much ro-Bbmom
That pFeople could Bbcome from everywhFereC  F  
INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb/F  F     Eb/F  F
CHORUS/OURTRO:
TFhere was a time when stAmrangers were welcome hGmereBb  
MFusic would play they tAmell me the days were sGmweet and clCear
TFhere was a time when stAmrangers were welcome hGmereBb  
MFusic would play they tAmell me the days were sGmweet and clCear - FADE OUT

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The Immigrant

by Neil Sedaka

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Chords in this song · guitar

Eb/F

Bbm

INTRO:

Eb/F F Eb/F F

VERSE:

Eb/F F

Harbours open their arms to the young searching foreigner

Eb/F F

Come to live in the light of the beacon of liberty

Plains and open skies

Am Dm

Billboards would advertise

F Gm C F

Was it anything like that when you arrived?

PRE-CHORUS:

Cm F

Dream boats carried the future to the heart of America

Cm F

People were waiting in line for a place by the river

CHORUS:

F Am Gm Bb

It was a time when strangers were welcome here

F Am Gm C

Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear

Am D

It was a sweeter tune

Bb Bb Bbm

And there was so much ro-om

F Bb F C F

That people could come from everywhere

VERSE:

Eb/F F

Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on miracles

Eb/F F

Come to marry his fortune with a hand full of promises

To find they've closed the door

Am Dm

They don't want him anymore

Gm Bb F

There isn't any more to go around

PRE-CHORUS:

Cm F

Turning away he remembers he once heard a legend

Cm F

That spoke of a mystical magical land called America

CHORUS:

F Am Gm Bb

There was a time when strangers were welcome here

F Am Gm C

Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear

Am D

It was a sweeter tune

Bb Bb Bbm

And there was so much ro-om

F Bb F C F

That people could come from everywhere

INSTRUMENTAL:

Eb/F F Eb/F F

CHORUS:

F Am Gm Bb

There was a time when strangers were welcome here

F Am Gm C

Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear

Am D

It was a sweeter tune

Bb Bbm

And there was so much ro-om

F Bb F C F

That people could come from everywhere

INSTRUMENTAL:

Eb/F F Eb/F F

CHORUS/OURTRO:

F Am Gm Bb

There was a time when strangers were welcome here

F Am Gm C

Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear

F Am Gm Bb

There was a time when strangers were welcome here

F Am Gm C

Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear - FADE OUT

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