Deportee chords by
James Talley

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Key: Db major•

Verse 1

Am

Am

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C

C

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The crops are all in

F

F

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C

C

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and the peaches are rotten

The oranges are piled

F

F

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C

C

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in their creosote dumps

F

F

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They're flying them back

C

C

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Am

Am

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to the Mexican borders

C

C

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To pay all their money

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F

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C

C

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to wait back again

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F

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C

C

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Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita

G

G

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C

C

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Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria

F

F

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You won't have a name

C

C

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Am

Am

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when you ride the big airplane

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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And all they will call you will be D14

My father's own father,

F

F

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C

C

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he waded that river

They took all the money

F

F

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C

C

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he made in his life

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F

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My brothers and sisters,

C

C

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Am

Am

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they work in the fruit trees

C

C

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They rode on the trucks

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F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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till they took down and died

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C

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F

F

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C

C

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Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Well, some of us are illegal

F

F

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C

C

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and some are not wanted

Our work contract's out

F

F

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C

C

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and we have to move on

F

F

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C

C

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600 miles to that Mexican border

Am

Am

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C

C

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They chase us like outlaws,

F

F

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C

C

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like wrestlers in theme

F

F

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C

C

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Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita

G

G

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C

C

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Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria

F

F

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You won't have a name

C

C

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Am

Am

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when you ride the big airplane

C

C

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And all they will call you

F

F

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C

C

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will be deportee

We died in your hills

F

F

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C

C

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and we died on your deserts.

We died in your mountains,

F

F

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C

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we died on your plains.

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F

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We died neath your trees

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C

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Am

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and we died in your bushes

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C

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Both sides of the river,

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F

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C

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F

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C

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Am

Am

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we died just the same

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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A skyplane caught fire

F

F

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C

C

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over Los Gatos Canyon

A fireball of lightning

F

F

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C

C

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that shook all our hills

F

F

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Who are these friends

C

C

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Am

Am

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all scattered like dry

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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The ra dio says they are just deportees

F

F

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Goodbye to my one,

C

C

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goodbye Rosalita

G

G

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C

C

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Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria

F

F

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You won't have a name

C

C

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Am

Am

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when you ride the big airplane

C

C

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F

F

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And all they will call you will be

C

C

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De portee

Is this the best way

F

F

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C

C

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we can grow our big orchards?

Is this the best way

F

F

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C

C

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we can grow our good fruit?

F

F

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To fall like dry leaves and

C

C

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Am

Am

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rot on the topsoil

C

C

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And be known by no name

F

F

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except Deportee

C

C

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F

F

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Goodbye to my Juan,

C

C

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goodbye Rosalita

G

G

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C

C

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Adios mis amigos Jesus and Maria

F

F

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You won't have a name

C

C

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Am

Am

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when you ride the big airplane

C

C

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F

F

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And all they will call you will be

C

C

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De portee

F

F

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And all they will call you will be

C

C

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Deportee you

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Deportee by James Talley is Db major.

The primary chords used in Deportee are Bbm, Db, Gb, Ab.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Bbm, Db, Gb, Ab, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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