Deportee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Goodbye[C], my one, goodbye[G], Rosalita,
[D]adios, mis amigos, Je[G]sus and Maria.
You [C]won't have a name
when you [G]ride the big aeroplane
All they will call you will [C]be de[G]portee
His father's own father
[C]waded the [G]river
They took all of the money
he'd [C]made in his life
[G]His bro[C]thers and sisters came a[G]
-workin' the fruit trees.
They rode in the truck
till they [C]took sick and [G]died.
Now some were illegal,
[C]Some were not [G]wanted,
their work was done,
and they [C]had to move [G]on.
[C]Six hundred miles to the
[G]Mexican border,
chased as if they were [C]outlaws[G]
Goodbye [C]my one, good[G]bye
Rosalita, [D]adios mis amigos, Je[G]sus and Maria,
it [C]won't have a name
When [G]you ride the big aeroplane
All they will call you will [C]be [G]deportee
They died in our hills
They [C]died in our [G]deserts
They died in our valleys,
they [C]died on our [G]plains
They [C]died beneath our trees,
and [G]they died in our bushes
Both sides of the river,
they [C]died just the [G]same
The sky plane caught fire
over [C]Los Gatos [G]Canyon
A fireball of lightning [C]shook all our [G]hills
Who [C]are these friends
all [G]scattered like dry leaves?
The radio said they were [C]just [G]deportees
Good[C]bye my one, [G]goodbye Rosalita
Adi[D]os mis amigos, Je[G]sus and Maria
You [C]won't have a name
when you [G]ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be
[C]Dep[G]ortee
Is this the best way
we grow [C]our big [G]orchids?
Is this the best way
we grow [C]our good fruit[G]s?
To [C]fall like dry leaves, to [G]rot on our topsoil
And be known by no name
[C]except [G]deportees
The crops are all in,
the [C]peaches are [G]rotting
The oranges burned in their
[C]creole salt [G]dumps
We [C]flew them back to the [G]Mexican border
No money is needed,
they'll [C]never wade [G]back
[C]Goodbye my Juan, good[G]bye Rosalita

[Verse 2]
[D]Adios, mis amigos, [G]Jesús sanaría

[Verse 3]
You [C]won't have a name
when [G]you ride the big aeroplane

[Verse 4]
[G]All they will call you will [C]be [G]deportee

[Verse 5]
[G]All[C] they wil[G]l call you will be[C]
Tea for [G]a tea