Chords for Delores Keane - My Grandfather's Emigrant Eyes
Tempo:
134.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Old Ellis Island was swarming, like [Bb] a scene from a costume [Gm] ball,
[C] Decked out in the corners of Europe, and on [Gm] fire [Bb] with the hope [F] of a dawn.
There my father's [G] own father [F] stood huddled, with [Bb] the tired and the hungry [Gm] and scared,
[C] Town of the century pilgrims, [Gm] bound by [C] the dream that [F] they shared.
They were standing in lines just like cattle,
[Bb] hooked and sorted [Gm] and shouted,
from sweet freedom, [Gm] some told [C] from someone [F] they loved.
Through this [Bb] sprawling tower of Babel, [Gm] [Bb] came a young man confused [Gm] and alone,
[C] Decked out in the corners of Europe, and on [Gm] fire [Bb] with the hope [F] of a dawn.
There my father's [G] own father [F] stood huddled, with [Bb] the tired and the hungry [Gm] and scared,
[C] Town of the century pilgrims, [Gm] bound by [C] the dream that [F] they shared.
They were standing in lines just like cattle,
[Bb] hooked and sorted [Gm] and shouted,
from sweet freedom, [Gm] some told [C] from someone [F] they loved.
Through this [Bb] sprawling tower of Babel, [Gm] [Bb] came a young man confused [Gm] and alone,
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_ _ Old Ellis Island was swarming, _ like [Bb] a scene from a costume _ [Gm] _ ball, _
_ [C] Decked out in the corners of Europe, _ _ and on [Gm] fire [Bb] with the hope [F] of a dawn. _
There my _ father's [G] own father [F] stood huddled, _ with [Bb] the tired and the hungry [Gm] and _ scared,
_ _ [C] _ Town of the century _ _ pilgrims, _ _ [Gm] bound by [C] the dream that [F] they shared. _
They _ _ _ _ _ were _ standing in lines just like cattle, _
_ _ [Bb] _ hooked and sorted [Gm] and _ _ shouted,
Some [C] were wanders away from sweet freedom, _ _ _ [Gm] some told [C] from someone [F] they loved. _
Through this _ [Bb] sprawling tower of _ Babel, [Gm] _ [Bb] came a young man confused [Gm] and alone, _ _
_ _ [C] _ Determined and bound for America, _ _
_ _ [Gm] carrying _ [C] everything that [F] he owned. _
[G] _ [Bb] Sometimes _ when I look in my _ grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes, _
I [C] see that _ _ irrespective, I can't [Gm] hold my feelings [F] _ inside. _
I [Bb] see starting with nothing and working hard all _ [F] _ _ _
the way,
So [C] don't take it for granted, [Bb] say _ [C] grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes.
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Now [F] he walks and stares out the window, _ _ _ [Bb] but his eyes are still just [Gm] as clear, _
_ [C] As the day he sailed through the harbor, _ _ _ [Gm] came ashore [Bb] on the island [F] of _ tears.
_ My _ _ [Bb]
grandfather's [F] days are numbered, _ _ [Bb] but I won't let his memory [Gm] die, _ _
_ [C] He gave me the gift of this country, _ _ [Gm] and the look [C] in his _ [F] evergreen _ _ eyes.
_ [Bb] Sometimes when I look in my _ grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes, _
I [C] see that _ _ irrespective, I can't [Gm] hold my _ [F] feelings inside. _
I [Bb] see starting with nothing and working hard all [F] of his life, _
So [C] don't take it for granted, [Bb] say _ _ [C]
grandfather's [F] evergreen eyes. _
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_ _ Old Ellis Island was swarming, _ like [Bb] a scene from a costume _ [Gm] _ ball, _
_ [C] Decked out in the corners of Europe, _ _ and on [Gm] fire [Bb] with the hope [F] of a dawn. _
There my _ father's [G] own father [F] stood huddled, _ with [Bb] the tired and the hungry [Gm] and _ scared,
_ _ [C] _ Town of the century _ _ pilgrims, _ _ [Gm] bound by [C] the dream that [F] they shared. _
They _ _ _ _ _ were _ standing in lines just like cattle, _
_ _ [Bb] _ hooked and sorted [Gm] and _ _ shouted,
Some [C] were wanders away from sweet freedom, _ _ _ [Gm] some told [C] from someone [F] they loved. _
Through this _ [Bb] sprawling tower of _ Babel, [Gm] _ [Bb] came a young man confused [Gm] and alone, _ _
_ _ [C] _ Determined and bound for America, _ _
_ _ [Gm] carrying _ [C] everything that [F] he owned. _
[G] _ [Bb] Sometimes _ when I look in my _ grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes, _
I [C] see that _ _ irrespective, I can't [Gm] hold my feelings [F] _ inside. _
I [Bb] see starting with nothing and working hard all _ [F] _ _ _
the way,
So [C] don't take it for granted, [Bb] say _ [C] grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes.
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Now [F] he walks and stares out the window, _ _ _ [Bb] but his eyes are still just [Gm] as clear, _
_ [C] As the day he sailed through the harbor, _ _ _ [Gm] came ashore [Bb] on the island [F] of _ tears.
_ My _ _ [Bb]
grandfather's [F] days are numbered, _ _ [Bb] but I won't let his memory [Gm] die, _ _
_ [C] He gave me the gift of this country, _ _ [Gm] and the look [C] in his _ [F] evergreen _ _ eyes.
_ [Bb] Sometimes when I look in my _ grandfather's _ [F] evergreen eyes, _
I [C] see that _ _ irrespective, I can't [Gm] hold my _ [F] feelings inside. _
I [Bb] see starting with nothing and working hard all [F] of his life, _
So [C] don't take it for granted, [Bb] say _ _ [C]
grandfather's [F] evergreen eyes. _
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