Deportee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The crops are all in,
the [G]peaches are [D]rotting,
the [Bm]oranges are [D]piled
in their creo[G]sote tunnels.
[D]They're fly[G]ing you back
to the [D]Mexican border
[Bm]to p[D]ay all your mo[Bm]ney to
wait [G]back [D]again.
My father's own father
[G]waded that [D]river
They [Bm]took all the [D]money
that he [G]made in his [D]life
My broth[G]ers and sisters came
work[D]ing the fruit trees
[Bm]And they[D] rode the truc[Bm]ks
till they [G]took down and died
[D]Goodbye to [G]my one goodbye
[D]Rosal[A]it [Bm]a, adios[A],
mi chanijo, es [D]susi Maria
You [G]won't have a name
when you [D]ride the big [Bm]airplane
[D]All they will [Bm]call you will [G]be de[D]portees
[A]Some [D]of us are illegal
and [G]others not [D]wanted
[Bm]Our contract's o[D]ut a[A]nd
we [G]have to move [D]on
But it's [G]six hundred miles
to the Mex[D]ican border
[Bm]They chase[D] us like outlaws[Bm],
wrest[G]lers and [D]thieves
We've died in your hills
and [G]we've died in [D]your deserts
We've [Bm]died in your val[D]leys
and died [G]on your plain[D]s
We've [G]died beneath your trees
and we've died [D]in your [A]bushes
[Bm]Both [D]sides of the [Bm]river are
[G]just the [D]same
Goodbye [G]to my one good[D]bye
[A]Rosalit[Bm]a, adio[A]s, mis amores
Ye[D]suse Maria
You [G]won't have a name
when you [D]ride the big [Bm]airplane
[D]All they will [Bm]call you will [G]be de[D]portees
A skyplane caught fire
over [G]Los Gatos Canyon
[D]Like a fir[Bm]eball of lig[D]htning
shook [G]all our [D]hills
And [G]who are these friends
all [D]scattered like [Bm]dry leaves?
[D]The radio say[Bm]s they're jus[G]t depor[D]tees
Is this the best way
we can [G]grow our big orch[D]ards?
And is [Bm]this the best [D]way
we can grow [G]our [D]good fruit?
To fall [G]like dried leaves
and [D]rot on the topsoil
[Bm]And be k[D]nown by no n[Bm]ame
ex[G]cept [D]the 14th
Goodbye [G]to my one, goodbye
[D]Rosalita[Bm]
Adi[A]os, mis amigos, y [D]susi Maria
You [G]won't have a name
when [D]you ride the big [Bm]airplane
[D]All they will [Bm]call you will [G]be
de[D]portees

[Outro 1]
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