Tonalità: Eb major
Verse 1
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
Old
G
Ellis Island is swarming,
C
like a scene from a costume ball.
G
D
Am
D
Laid down in the corners of Europe,
C
D
Confined with the hope
G
of it all.
There my father's own father
stood hot armed,
C
Am
With the tired and hungry and scared.
D
Turn of the century pilgrims,
G
Bound by the dreams that they shared.
D
They were standing in line just like cattle.
G
C
Prodded and poked and shoved.
D
Am
Some were one desk away
D
from sweet freedom.
Am
Some were torn from
D
someone they loved.
G
D
G
Through the sprawling tower of Babel,
Em
C
came a young man confused and alone,
Am
C
D
Determined and bound for America,
Am
D
carrying everything that
G
he owned.
C
Sometimes when I look at
G
my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see that day reflected,
D
G
and I can't hold my feelings inside.
C
Then he started from nothing
Bm
and worked hard all of his life.
Em
God take it for granted,
Am
D
say Grandfather Zimmerman
G
Gsus4
Dm
Ab
Ebm
died.
Ab
Now he sits and stares
out the window,
C#
while his eye s are still just as clear
Bbm
Eb
as the day he sailed from a harbor,
Ab
him ashore on the island of fear.
C#
Ab
Ebm
Now my grandfather's days are numbered,
Ab
C#
Ab
Bbm
but I won't let his memory die.
C#
Eb
For he gave me the gift of this country,
Ab
and the look in his emigrant eyes.
C#
Sometimes when I look at
Ab
my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see my day reflected
Eb
Ab
and I can't hold my feelings in side.
C#
As he started with nothing
Bbm
Cm
and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted,
Bbm
Eb
Ab
Ebm
say grandfather's emigrant eyes.
Ab
C#
As he started with nothing
Bbm
Ebsus4
Eb
Cm
and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted.
Cm
Bbm
C#
say grandfather's emig
Ebsus4
Eb
Ab
Ebm
Ab
rant eye s.
Thank you.
Ti è piaciuto il brano?
AccordatoreE A D G B E
AccordiG Gsus4 C D Am...
Altri brani di Ronan tynan
Scopri altri brani e i relativi accordi
Brani correlati
Scopri altri brani e i relativi accordi
4.8
Accordi popolari a livello globale
Accordi e tablature più suonati dagli utenti
Aggiunti di recente
Accordi e tablature aggiunti di recente