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Deportee chords by
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

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The crops are all in,
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G

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D

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the peaches are rotting,
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D

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the oranges are piled
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G

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in their creosote tunnels.
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D

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G

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They're flying you back
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D

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to the Mexican border
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2

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to pay all your money to
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wait back again.

My father's own father
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G

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D

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waded that river
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D
D

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They took all the money
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G

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D

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that he made in his life
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G

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My brothers and sisters came
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D

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working the fruit trees
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2

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D

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And they rode the trucks
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G

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till they took down and died
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D

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G

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Goodbye to my one goodbye
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A

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2

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A

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Rosalit a, adios,
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D

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mi chanijo, es susi Maria
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G

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You won't have a name
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Bm
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when you ride the big airplane
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G
G

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D

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All they will call you will be deportees
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A

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D
D

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Some of us are illegal
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G

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D

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and others not wanted
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D

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A

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Our contract's out and
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G

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D

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we have to move on
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G

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But it's six hundred miles
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D

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to the Mexican border
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They chase us like outlaws,
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D

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wrestlers and thieves

We've died in your hills
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G

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D

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and we've died in your deserts
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D

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We've died in your valleys
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and died on your plains
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G

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We've died beneath your trees
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A

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and we've died in your bushes
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Both sides of the river are
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D

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just the same
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G

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D

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Goodbye to my one goodbye
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Rosalita, adios, mis amores
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Yesuse Maria
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You won't have a name
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Bm
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when you ride the big airplane
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G
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All they will call you will be deportees

A skyplane caught fire
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G

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over Los Gatos Canyon
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D

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D
D

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Like a fireball of lightning
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shook all our hills
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And who are these friends
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all scattered like dry leaves?
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G
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D
D

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The radio says they're just deportees

Is this the best way
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D
D

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we can grow our big orchards?
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2

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And is this the best way
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D
D

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we can grow our good fruit?
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G

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To fall like dried leaves
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D

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and rot on the topsoil
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2

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And be known by no name
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G

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D
D

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except the 14th
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Goodbye to my one, goodbye
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Bm
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Rosalita
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Adios, mis amigos, y susi Maria
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You won't have a name
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Bm
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when you ride the big airplane
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G
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All they will call you will be
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deportees
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • A

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Deportee by Arlo Guthrie, Hoyt Axton is D major.

The primary chords used in Deportee are D, G, Bm, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, Bm, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Deportee is approximately 88 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Deportee using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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