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Immigrant by John McCutcheon
Immigrant
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D D/F# G A
D D/F# G A
[Verse 1]
D D/F#
I am an im-migrant
G D
I am a strang-er in this place
G D
Here but for the grace of God
A
Go I
D D/F#
I am an im-migrant
G D
I have left every-thing I own
G D
To every-thing I've known
A
I say good-bye
[Chorus]
G A
She said: "Give me your tired"
D
Don't you know I'm weary
Bm A
When she said "Give me your poor"
G
She's talking to me
Em D
One of your hud-dled mas-ses
A
Yearning to breathe free
D D/F#
And I nev-er have lost sight of
G D/F# Em
What this jour-ney has been for
G
See how she lifts her lamp
A D
Be-side the golden door
D/F# G A
D D/F# G A
[Verse 2]
D D/F#
I am an I-rishman
G D
The famine put us to the test
G D
A-way into the West
A
Like wild birds fly-ing
D D/F#
We put our backs to the wheel
G D
With a heart that al-ways yearned for home
G D
We made this place our own
A
And about died try-ing
[Chorus]
G A
She said: "Give me your tired"
D
Don't you know I'm weary
Bm A
When she said "Give me your poor"
G
She's talking to me
Em D
One of your hud-dled mas-ses
A
Yearning to breathe free
D D/F#
And I nev-er have lost sight of
G D/F# Em
What this jour-ney has been for
G
See how she lifts her lamp
A D
Be-side that golden door
D/F# G A
D D/F# G A
D D/F#
I am Chi-nese
G D
I have worked your mills, your yards, your mines
G D
I have laid your railroad lines
A
With my two good hands
D D/F#
I am a Chi-ca-no
G D
In your orch-ards and your fields
G D
I have gath-ered in the yields
A
For this hungry land
[Chorus]
G A
She said: "Give me your tired"
D
Don't you know I'm weary
Bm A
When she said "Give me your poor"
G
She's talking to me
Em D
One of your hud-dled mas-ses
A
Yearning to breathe free
D D/F#
And I nev-er have lost sight of
G D/F# Em
What this jour-ney has been for
G
See how she lifts her lamp
A D
Be-side that golden door
D/F# G A
D D/F# G A
D D/F#
I am Ni-ger-ian
G D
I am I-ran-ian, a Jew
G D
From Laos, from Kath-man-du
A
I am your sto-ry
D D/F#)
I am a long, long line
G D
One you have for-got-ten that is true
G D
I am ev-ery-thing you knew
A
I am your glo-ry
[Chorus]
G A
She said: "Give me your tired"
D
Don't you know I'm weary
Bm A
When she said "Give me your poor"
G
She's talking to me
Em D
One of your hud-dled mas-ses
A
Yearning to breathe free
D D/F#
And we nev-er must lose sight of
G D/F# Em
What this jour-ney has been for
G
As we lift her lamp
A D
Be-side that golden door
[Outro]
D D/F# G A
Oh, I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
D D/F# G A
I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
D D/F# G A
I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
D D/F# G A
I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
D D/F# G A
I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
D D/F# G A
I, I, I am an im-migrant, I am
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