Deportee chords by Arlo Guthrie, Hoyt Axton
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Verse 1
(D major) The crops are all in,
the (G major) peaches are (D major) rotting,
the (B minor) oranges are (D major) piled
in their creo (G major) sote tunnels.
(D major) They're fly (G major) ing you back
to the (D major) Mexican border
(B minor) to (D major) pay all your (B minor) money to
wait (G major) back again. (D major)
My father's own father
waded (G major) that river (D major)
They (B minor) took all the (D major) money
that he (G major) made in his life (D major)
My broth (G major) ers and sisters came
work (D major) ing the fruit trees
(B minor) And (D major) they rode the (B minor) trucks
till they (G major) took down and died
(D major) Goodbye (G major) to my one goodbye
(D major) Rosal (A major) it (B minor) a, adi (A major) os,
mi chanijo, es (D major) susi Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you (D major) ride the big (B minor) airplane
All (D major) they will (B minor) call you will (G major) be deportees (D major)
Some (A major) (D major) of us are illegal
and (G major) others not wanted (D major)
Our (B minor) contract's (D major) out (A major) and
we (G major) have to move on (D major)
But it's (G major) six hundred miles
to the Mex (D major) ican border
(B minor) They (D major) chase us like out (B minor) laws,
wrest (G major) lers and thieves (D major)
We've died in your hills
and (G major) we've died in your deserts (D major)
We've died (B minor) in your val (D major) leys
and died (G major) on your plain (D major) s
We've died (G major) beneath your trees
and we've died (D major) in your (A major) bushes
(B minor) Both (D major) sides of the (B minor) river are
(G major) just the (D major) same
Goodbye (G major) to my one goodbye (D major)
(A major) Rosalit (B minor) a, adi (A major) os, mis amores
Yesuse (D major) Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you (D major) ride the big (B minor) airplane
All (D major) they will (B minor) call you will (G major) be deportees (D major)
A skyplane caught fire
over (G major) Los Gatos Canyon
(D major) Like a (B minor) fireball of (D major) lightning
shook (G major) all our (D major) hills
And (G major) who are these friends
all scattered (D major) like (B minor) dry leaves?
(D major) The radio says (B minor) they're just (G major) deportees (D major)
Is this the best way
we can (G major) grow our big orch (D major) ards?
And is (B minor) this the best (D major) way
we can grow (G major) our good fruit? (D major)
To fall (G major) like dried leaves
and (D major) rot on the topsoil
(B minor) And (D major) be known by (B minor) no name
except (G major) the 14th (D major)
Goodbye (G major) to my one, goodbye
(D major) Rosalita (B minor)
Adi (A major) os, mis amigos, y (D major) susi Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you ride (D major) the big (B minor) airplane
All (D major) they will (B minor) call you will (G major) be
deportees (D major)
Outro 1
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Deportee
Arlo Guthrie, Hoyt Axton
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