Chords for Neil Sedaka - The Immigrant (1981, Canada)
Tempo:
113.85 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Gm
Eb
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
[Bb] [F]
[Cm]
[Gm] [F]
[Eb] Hover, [Bb] open their arms to the young searching [Dm]
foreigner.
[F] [Bb] Come to live in the light of the beacon [F] of liberty.
[Bb]
Planes and open skies, [Am]
billboards would [Dm] advertise.
[Gm] Was it anything like [D] that when you [F]
arrived?
[Eb]
Dream boats carried the future to the heart [F] of America.
[Dm] [F] [Eb]
Oh, we're waiting in line for a [Bb] [F] place by the river.
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
[Bb] [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was a [A] sweeter June, [D] and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
[Bbm] The [F] people could come from everywhere.
[C] [F] [C] [F] [Eb] Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set [F] on miracles.
[Eb] Come to marry his fortune with a [F] hand on his head.
[Bb] To find they'll close the door, they [Am] don't want him [Dm] anymore.
[Gm] And there isn't [D] anymore to go [F]
around.
[Eb]
The way he remembers, he wants her [F] to let him.
[Eb] The talk of a mystical, [Gm] magical land.
[F]
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
[F] Unique when played, [C] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was [Am] a sweeter June, [D] and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
The [F] people could come from everywhere.
[C]
[F] [C] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Eb]
[F]
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
Yes, [F] there was.
Unique when played, they [Am] tell me the days were [Gm] sweet and [C] [F] [Am]
[Gm] clear.
[C] [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] Ho!
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [N]
We are the ones.
[Bb] [F]
[Cm]
[Gm] [F]
[Eb] Hover, [Bb] open their arms to the young searching [Dm]
foreigner.
[F] [Bb] Come to live in the light of the beacon [F] of liberty.
[Bb]
Planes and open skies, [Am]
billboards would [Dm] advertise.
[Gm] Was it anything like [D] that when you [F]
arrived?
[Eb]
Dream boats carried the future to the heart [F] of America.
[Dm] [F] [Eb]
Oh, we're waiting in line for a [Bb] [F] place by the river.
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
[Bb] [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was a [A] sweeter June, [D] and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
[Bbm] The [F] people could come from everywhere.
[C] [F] [C] [F] [Eb] Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set [F] on miracles.
[Eb] Come to marry his fortune with a [F] hand on his head.
[Bb] To find they'll close the door, they [Am] don't want him [Dm] anymore.
[Gm] And there isn't [D] anymore to go [F]
around.
[Eb]
The way he remembers, he wants her [F] to let him.
[Eb] The talk of a mystical, [Gm] magical land.
[F]
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
[F] Unique when played, [C] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was [Am] a sweeter June, [D] and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
The [F] people could come from everywhere.
[C]
[F] [C] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Eb]
[F]
It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
Yes, [F] there was.
Unique when played, they [Am] tell me the days were [Gm] sweet and [C] [F] [Am]
[Gm] clear.
[C] [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] Ho!
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [N]
We are the ones.
Key:
F
C
Gm
Eb
Bb
F
C
Gm
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Hover, [Bb] open their arms to the young searching [Dm]
foreigner.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Come to live in the light of the beacon [F] of liberty.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Planes and open _ skies, [Am] _
billboards would [Dm] advertise.
_ [Gm] Was it anything like [D] that when you [F] _
arrived?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Dream boats carried the future to the heart [F] of America.
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, we're waiting in line for a [Bb] _ [F] place by the river.
_ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was a [A] sweeter June, [D] _ _ and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
_ [Bbm] The [F] people _ could come from _ everywhere.
[C] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set [F] on miracles.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Come to marry his fortune with a [F] hand on his _ head.
[Bb] To find they'll close the door, they [Am] don't want him _ [Dm] anymore.
_ _ [Gm] And there isn't _ [D] anymore to go [F] _
around.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
The way he remembers, he wants her [F] to let him.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] The talk of a mystical, [Gm] magical land.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Unique when played, [C] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was [Am] a sweeter June, [D] _ _ and there [Bb] was so much _ [Eb] room.
The [F] people could come from everywhere.
_ [C] _
[F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
Yes, [F] there was.
_ Unique when played, they [Am] tell me the days were [Gm] _ sweet and _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Gm] clear. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ Ho!
_ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We are the ones. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Hover, [Bb] open their arms to the young searching [Dm]
foreigner.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Come to live in the light of the beacon [F] of liberty.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Planes and open _ skies, [Am] _
billboards would [Dm] advertise.
_ [Gm] Was it anything like [D] that when you [F] _
arrived?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Dream boats carried the future to the heart [F] of America.
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, we're waiting in line for a [Bb] _ [F] place by the river.
_ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was a [A] sweeter June, [D] _ _ and there [Bb] was so much [Eb] room.
_ [Bbm] The [F] people _ could come from _ everywhere.
[C] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set [F] on miracles.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Come to marry his fortune with a [F] hand on his _ head.
[Bb] To find they'll close the door, they [Am] don't want him _ [Dm] anymore.
_ _ [Gm] And there isn't _ [D] anymore to go [F] _
around.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
The way he remembers, he wants her [F] to let him.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] The talk of a mystical, [Gm] magical land.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Unique when played, [C] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
It was [Am] a sweeter June, [D] _ _ and there [Bb] was so much _ [Eb] room.
The [F] people could come from everywhere.
_ [C] _
[F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It was a time [C] when strangers were [Gm] welcome here.
Yes, [F] there was.
_ Unique when played, they [Am] tell me the days were [Gm] _ sweet and _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Gm] clear. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Unique when played, [Am] they tell me the days [Gm] were sweet [C] and clear.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ Ho!
_ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We are the ones. _ _ _
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