The Immigrant Chords
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Author DON CZARSKI [a] 112,748. Last edit on Dec 11, 2015
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SONG: THE IMMIGRANT
ARTIST: NEIL SEDAKA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
THE IMMIGRANT
NEIL SEDAKA
INTRO:
Eb/F F Eb/F F
VERSE:
Eb/F F
Harbours open their arms to the young searching foreigner
Eb/F F
Come to live in the light of the beacon of liberty
Bb
Plains and open skies
Am Dm
Billboards would advertise
F Gm C F
Was it anything like that when you arrived?
PRE-CHORUS:
Cm F
Dream boats carried the future to the heart of America
Cm F
People were waiting in line for a place by the river
CHORUS:
F Am Gm Bb
It was a time when strangers were welcome here
F Am Gm C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
Am D
It was a sweeter tune
Bb Bb Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
F Bb F C F
That people could come from everywhere
VERSE:
Eb/F F
Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on miracles
Eb/F F
Come to marry his fortune with a hand full of promises
Bb
To find they've closed the door
Am Dm
They don't want him anymore
Gm Bb F
There isn't any more to go around
PRE-CHORUS:
Cm F
Turning away he remembers he once heard a legend
Cm F
That spoke of a mystical magical land called America
CHORUS:
F Am Gm Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
F Am Gm C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
Am D
It was a sweeter tune
Bb Bb Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
F Bb F C F
That people could come from everywhere
INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb/F F Eb/F F
CHORUS:
F Am Gm Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
F Am Gm C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
Am D
It was a sweeter tune
Bb Bbm
And there was so much ro-om
F Bb F C F
That people could come from everywhere
INSTRUMENTAL:
Eb/F F Eb/F F
CHORUS/OURTRO:
F Am Gm Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
F Am Gm C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
F Am Gm Bb
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
F Am Gm C
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear - FADE OUT
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The Immigrant – Neil Sedaka
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3 comments
Great song, fine tab, thank you!
Some suggestions to add some touches of the original:
- the Eb in the verse sounds like an Eb/F (x-x-3-3-4-3) to me
- last line of the verses might profit from some special chords:
Was it [Gm7]anything like [Bb/C]that when you arri-i-[Fmaj7]ived?
- PRE-CHORUS: the Cm sounds more open as a Cm7
- CHORUS
[F]There was a time when [Am]strangers were welcome [Gm]here [Bb/C]
[F]Music would play they [Am]tell me the days were [Gm]sweet and [C]clear
It was a [Am7-5]sweeter tune [D7]
And there was [Bb]so much ro-o-o-[Eb9]om
That [F/C]people could [Bb/C]come from everywhere [F F C/F F C/F F C/F F F ]
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Thanks ...I thought that should be an Eb/F in the verse as you stated... I will try your other suggestion as well and incorporate it after I try it out... Thanks again
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Great. Thanks
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