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
