Carrie Newcomer - Love like an immigrant

My ^Cgrandpa came over on the ^Fboat ^C His voice was thick with the ^Fold world and smoke And ^Dm7ran in Chi^Emcago, ‘til ^Fhe met my ^Ggrandma Then he ^Dm7moved to South ^EmBend with his ne^Fw fourteen ^Gyear old ^Cbride ^F

^CMamma and Louie and the ^Frest of the family ^CLived in a duplex next to my great ^Fgrandma Baldoni And be^Dm7lieved in the ^Emhopes that can ^Fgrow in a ^Gcountry Even ^Dm7after my ^Emgrandma and ^Fgrandpa went ^Gtheir separate ^Cways ^F

He said, “^Dm7Love who you ^Emare, l^Fove what it's ^Cmeant ^Dm7Live out your ^Emlove like a ^Fnew imm^Cigrant” ^{F C F}

My ^Cdad drove a milk truck be^Ffore he was fourteen He came ^Cback from Korea in^F Nineteen Fifty-Three Met ^Dm7up with my ^Emmother, intro^Fduced by his ^Gsister They put a ^Dm7dime in the ^Emjukebox, took a ^Fturn on the ^Gdance flo^Cor ^{F C F}

He said, “^Dm7Love who you ^Emare, l^Fove what it's ^Cmeant ^Dm7Live out your ^Emlove like a ^Fnew imm^Cigrant” ^F

I ^Ccame along after one, ^Fbefore another I grew ^Cup on the Beatles and Jack ^FKennedy's murder I went ^Dm7looking for ^Emsomething in ^Fmore than one ^Gcountry I fell in ^Dm7love once or ^Emtwice, broke my ^Fheart, but I'd ^Gtry it a^Cgain ^F

So ^Cthis is the new world,^F not the old world Let me ^Clie close beside you and ^Fwhisper, "Have you heard? The ^Dm7sound of the ^Emsinging from ^Fsome bright new ^Gcountry And ^Dm7catch, it's been ^Emcalling us ^Fhome to it ^Glatel^Cy" ^F

So ^Dm7love who you ^Emare, l^Fove what it's ^Cmeant ^Dm7Live out your ^Emlove like a ^Fnew imm^Cigrant

So ^Dm7love who you ^Emare, l^Fove what it's ^Cmeant ^Dm7Live out your ^Emlove like a ^Fnew imm^Cigrant