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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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G

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C
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Goodbye, my one, goodbye, Rosalita,
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adios, mis amigos, Jesus and Maria.
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You won't have a name
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G

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when you ride the big aeroplane
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C

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G

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All they will call you will be deportee

His father's own father
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G

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waded the river

They took all of the money
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he'd made in his life
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His brothers and sisters came a

-workin' the fruit trees.

They rode in the truck
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C

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till they took sick and died.

Now some were illegal,
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Some were not wanted,

their work was done,
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and they had to move on.
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Six hundred miles to the
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G

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Mexican border,
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G

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chased as if they were outlaws
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G

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Goodbye my one, goodbye
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Rosalita, adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria,
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it won't have a name
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When you ride the big aeroplane
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All they will call you will be deportee

They died in our hills
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They died in our deserts

They died in our valleys,
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they died on our plains
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They died beneath our trees,
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and they died in our bushes

Both sides of the river,
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G

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they died just the same

The sky plane caught fire
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over Los Gatos Canyon
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A fireball of lightning shook all our hills
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Who are these friends
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G

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all scattered like dry leaves?
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The radio said they were just deportees
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Goodbye my one, goodbye Rosalita
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Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria
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You won't have a name
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G

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when you ride the big airplane

All they will call you will be
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Deportee

Is this the best way
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G

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we grow our big orchids?

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G

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we grow our good fruits?
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To fall like dry leaves, to rot on our topsoil

And be known by no name
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G

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except deportees

The crops are all in,
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the peaches are rotting

The oranges burned in their
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creole salt dumps
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We flew them back to the Mexican border

No money is needed,
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they'll never wade back
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Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Verse 2
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Adios, mis amigos, Jesús sanaría
Verse 3
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You won't have a name
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when you ride the big aeroplane
Verse 4
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All they will call you will be deportee
Verse 5
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All they will call you will be
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Tea for a tea

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Deportee by Odetta is A major.

The primary chords used in Deportee are A, D, E.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

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

The tempo of Deportee is approximately 85 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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