deportee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]The crops are all [D]in,
and the [C]peaches are [G]rotten
The oranges piled [D]in [C]the
creosote [G]dumps[D][G]
They're [C]flying them back to
the [G]Mexico [D]border
[G]To pay all their [D]wages
to [C]wade back again
[G]

[Verse 2]
[D]My [G]father's own fat[D]her,
he [C]waded that [G]river
They took all the money he [C]made in his [G]life
My [C]brothers and [Am]sis [C]ters come
[G]work in the fruit [D]trees[G]
[D]They rod[G]e on the[D] trucks 'til they
[C]took down and died
[G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Goodbye to my Juan,
[G]good[D]bye Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je[G]sus and [D]Maria
[C]You won't have a name when
you [G]ride the big [D]airplane
[G]All they will [D]call you will [C]be
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 4]
"Deportee"
[G]Some are illegal,[D]
[G]and som[C]e are not wan[G]ted
They work contracts out,
[D]and they've [Am]got [C]to move [G]on
Six- [C]hundred miles to the
[G]Mexico border
They chase us like out[D]laws,
like [C]rustlers, like thieves
[G]

[Verse 5]
[D][G]
[D]We [G]died in your hills,
[D]and we [C]died in your [G]deserts
We died in your [D]valleys,
we [C]died on your [G]plains
We [C]died 'neath your trees,
and we [G]died in your [D]bushes
Both [G]sides of that river,
[C]we died just the same
[G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 6]
[C]Goodbye to my Juan,
[G]good[D]bye Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je[G]sus and Maria
You [C]won't have a name when
you [G]ride the big [D]air[G]plane
All they will call [D]you will [C]be
[G]"Deportee"

[Verse 7]
[D]The[C][G][D][G][Am][C]
[Am][G][D][G][Am][D][C][G][D][G]
[D]sky[G]- plane caught fir[D]e ove[C]r Los Gatos Can[G]yon
A fireball of [D]lightening that
[C]shook all our [G]hills[D][G][D]

[Verse 8]
[C]Who are all these friends,
all [G]scattered like [D]dry leaves?
The [G]radio [D]says they are [C]just
[G]dep[D]ort[G]ees[D][G]

[Verse 9]
Is this [G]the best [D]way to [C]grow our big [G]orchard?
Is this the best way to [C]grow our good [G]fruit?
To [C]fall like dry leaves to [G]rot on my [D]top[G]soil
[D]To be [G]known by no nam[D]e ex[Am]
[C]cept [G]"De[D]por[G]tee[D]"[G]

[Verse 10]
[C]Goodbye to my Juan,
[G]good[D]bye Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je[G]sus and [D]Maria
You [C]won't have a name when
you [G]ride the big [D]airplane
[G]All they will call [D]you will
[C]be[G][D][G]

[Verse 11]
"Deportee"
[C]Goodbye to my Juan,
[G]good[D]bye Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je[G]sus and Mari[Am]a
[C]You won't have a name when
you [G]ride the big [D]air[G]plane
All they will call [D]you [Am]will [C]be
[G][D][G][D]
"Deportee"

[Verse 12]
Yes, and [G]all they will call
[D]you will [C]be

[Outro 1]
"Deportee"
[C][G][D][G]