Judy Collins - Poor Immigrant
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I pity the poor immigrant
G C
Who wishes he would've stayed home
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Who uses all his power to do evil
G C
And in the end is always left alone
Am Em
That man who with his fingers cheats
F C
And who lies with every breath
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Who passionately hates his life
G C
And likewise fears his death
[Verse 2]
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I pity the poor immigrant
G C
Whose strength is spent in vain
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Whose heaven is like Ironsides
G C
Whose tears fall like rain
Am Em
Who eats, but is not satisfied
F C
Who hears, but does not see
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Who falls in love with wealth itself
G C
And turns his back on me
[Instrumental]
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Am Em F C F G C
[Verse 3]
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I pity the poor immigrant
G C
Who tramples through the mud
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Who fills his mouth with laughing
G C
And who builds his town with blood
Am Em
Whose visions in the final end
F C
Must shatter like the glass
F
I pity the poor immigrant
G C
When his gladness comes to pass