The Immigrant Lad Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Bsus2][Am][Bm][Em][Am]

[Verse 1]
And [Am]here I sit with a [G]tear in [Am]my eye,
the water[C]s of Tyne in b[G]etween you and I[Am]
And here I sit with a [G]tear in [Am]my eye,
the wa[C]ters of Tyne in [G]between you and [Am]I
As a child I dreamed [Em]of

[Verse 2]
[Am]her,
on the [G]far banks of the [Am]river
I [Em]knew she could not be [Am]reached,
for my mind was [Em]forever [Am]wondering
[G]Far above his [Am]head,
as he [G]tried his best to [Am]teach me
The river was muddy [Em]and [Am]black,
[G]black as the coal she [Am]car ried
Im[Em]possible to [Am]cross, [Em]many men had [Am]tried
The [G]old sailor [Am]told me, an[Em]other life is [Am]lost

[Verse 3]
And [Am]here I sit with a [G]tear in my [Am]eye,
the water[C]s of Tyne in between y[G]ou and I[Am]
And here I sit with a [G]tear in my [Am]eye,
the waters of [C]Tyne in [G]between you and [Am]I

[Verse 4]
Black was the colour of [Am]my childish dreams,
im[Em]pressions that would [Am]last
Black [Em]coal, coal [G]black pit [Am]yacka's face,
escaping [Em]the coal dust b[Am]last
Blind pony stumblin' to the light [G]of [Am]day,
to re[Em]tire in the green [Am]fields forever
And I'll build me [Em]a bridge of [Am]steel,
to [G]beat the black [Am]river forever
I'll [G]beat that black [Am]river forever,
I'll [G]beat that muddy river [Am]forever

[Verse 5]
And [Am]here I sit with a [G]tear in [Am]my eye,
the wa[C]ters of Tyne in [G]between you and [Am]I
And here I sit with a [G]tear in my eye[Am],
the water[C]s of Tyne in between y[G]ou and I[Am]
[G][C]

[Verse 6]
[Em]
[G]Conversation in a London Bar:
Cockney: I don't know why you geezers come down to London [Am]all the time,
'cause you look [G]so miserable all the time, why'know.
[Am]Geordie: That's true, I havna been too happy but what brought us down here was three [G]years on the docks
and I just come down here for [Em]work and for money and get a [G]bit few, few more quid in me pocket.
Cockney: Yeah, but coming down to the smoke, mate, you need people to see [G], you'll need friends, to goin' to see because it's
a hard town [G]down here.

[Outro 1]
[G][Em][Am][G][Am][C][G][Em][Em][Am]
[Am][Am][Am]
[Em][Am][G][G][Am][C][G]
[G][Em][Am][Am][G]
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