Poland Chords by Strangefolk

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _
Oh, in the 1930s, son born to a Brooklyn [C#] ghetto,
[F#] and when his people saw him, oh, they could sense the yearning
in [B] their [F#] endless eyes.
[A#m] [Fm] Something [B] was speaking gently there in his [F#] [A#m] eyes.
One [B] lived to come [F#] and greet thee.
_ _ Father, oh, father is worthy.
Supah [F#] is waiting.
Time I was lost and books that were [F#] kept down.
Mother, oh, mother is [B] waiting.
[F#] There in her [A#m] eyes, [B] greenness of morning captured.
There where she [F#] [A#m] lies, [B] black and white, [F#] oh, oh, oh, _
_ _ [B] [F#] at [C#] the end of [F#] the hallway, a [C#m] closet [F#] and a life that was stolen.
Mandolin, [G#] [F#] pocketbook jewelry, [E] tokens [F#] of a life left in Poland.
[B] And then there [F#] in her [A#m] eyes, [Fm]
[B] something
was speaking gently, city street [F#] [A#m] lights,
son [B] born immigrant [F#] lady. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [B] _ [C#] _ [G#] There is a phony Brooklyn, [A#m]
[G#] boy and a phony Brooklyn.
[A#m] [C#] There [G#] is an immigrant [C#] lady.
Wonder [B] what she's doing [G#] lately.
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I was [B] thinking about my [D] life, thinking
[F#] about from where I've come, [B] _ [D] _ [F#]
all [B] the things he might have [F#] said,
all [F#] the things he might have done.
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I [B] was lying on the [D] floor.
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What [B] an easy life [D] you've had.
[F#] What a simple life you've led.
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I [B] was lying on the [D] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [D] _ [F#]
floor.
[B] What an easy life [D] you've had.
[F#] What a simple life you've led.
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