Biography:
Neil Sedaka (born 13 March 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building era of songwriting. He teamed up with Howard Greenfield to write many major hit songs for himself and others.
Sedaka wrote his 1959 hit "Oh! Carol" about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. In 1963, King released a humorous answer entitled "Oh Neil".
The Laughter In the Rain Songfacts says Sedaka's hits dried up when The Beatles arrived
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Other songs:
- Breakin Up Is Hard To Do
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Calendar Girl
- Goin' Home To Mary Lou
- Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
- Laughter In The Rain
- Little Devil
- No Vacancy
- Oh Carol
- Rosemary Blue
- Stairway To Heaven
- The Diary
- The Hungry Years
- Oh! Carol
- Alice In Wonderland
- Bad Blood
- Bad Girl
- Crying My Heart Out For You
- Esagerata
- Goin Home To Mary Lou
- Gone With The Morning
- King Of Clowns
- Lets Go Steady Again
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- My Friend
- My World Keeps Getting Smaller Everyday
- Next Door To An Angel
- One More Mountain To Climb
- One Way Ticket
- Standing On The Inside
- Stephen
- Stupid Cupid
- Sweet Little You
- The Dreamer
- The Girl For Me
- The Immigrant
- The Other Side Of Me
- The Queen Of 1964
- You Mean Everything To Me
- Youre So Good To Me
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SONG: THE IMMIGRANT
ARTIST: NEIL SEDAKA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
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
ARTIST: NEIL SEDAKA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
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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