deportee chords by Old Crow Medicine Show
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
The crops (G major) are all (D major) in,
and the peaches (C major) are (G major) rotten
The oranges piled (D major) in the (C major)
creosote dumps (G major) (D major) (G major)
They're (C major) flying them back to
the Mexico (G major) (D major) border
To pay (G major) all their wages (D major)
to wade (C major) back again
(G major)
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Verse 2
(D major) My father's (G major) own father, (D major)
he waded (C major) that (G major) river
They took all the money he made (C major) in his (G major) life
My (C major) brothers and sis (A minor) ters (C major) come
(G major) work in the fruit (D major) trees (G major)
(D major) They (G major) rode on the truck (D major) s 'til they
(C major) took down and died
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 3
Good (C major) bye to my Juan,
good (G major) bye (D major) Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Jesus (G major) and Maria (D major)
(C major) You won't have a name when
you (G major) ride the big (D major) airplane
(G major) All they will (D major) call you will (C major) be
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 4
"Deportee"
(G major) Some are illeg (D major) al,
(G major) and some (C major) are not wanted (G major)
They work contracts out,
(D major) and they've (A minor) got (C major) to move (G major) on
Six- (C major) hundred miles to the
Mexico (G major) border
They chase us like outlaws, (D major)
like (C major) rustlers, like thieves
(G major)
Verse 5
(D major) (G major)
(D major) We (G major) died in your hills,
(D major) and we (C major) died in your (G major) deserts
We died in your valley (D major) s,
we (C major) died on your (G major) plains
We (C major) died 'neath your trees,
and we died (G major) in your (D major) bushes
Both sides (G major) of that river,
we (C major) died just the same
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
Good (C major) bye to my Juan,
good (G major) bye (D major) Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je (G major) sus and Maria
You (C major) won't have a name when
you (G major) ride the big (D major) airplane (G major)
All they will call (D major) you will (C major) be
(G major) "Deportee"
Verse 7
The (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) sky- (G major) plane caught (D major) fire over (C major) Los Gatos (G major) Canyon
A fireball of light (D major) ening that
shook (C major) all our (G major) hills (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 8
(C major) Who are all these friends,
all scattered (G major) like dry (D major) leaves?
The (G major) radio says (D major) they are just (C major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) deportees
Verse 9
Is this the best (G major) way (D major) to grow (C major) our big (G major) orchard?
Is this the best way to grow (C major) our good fruit? (G major)
To (C major) fall like dry leaves to (G major) rot on my top (D major) soil (G major)
(D major) To (G major) be known by no (D major) name (A minor) ex
cept (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) "Deportee"
Verse 10
(C major) Goodbye to my Juan,
good (G major) bye (D major) Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Je (G major) sus and Maria (D major)
You (C major) won't have a name when
you (G major) ride the big (D major) airplane
(G major) All they will call (D major) you will
(C major) be (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 11
"Deportee"
(C major) Goodbye to my Juan,
good (G major) bye (D major) Rosalita
Adiós, mi amigos, Jesus (G major) and Mari (A minor) a
(C major) You won't have a name when
you (G major) ride the big (D major) airplane (G major)
All they will call (D major) you will (A minor) (C major) be
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
"Deportee"
Verse 12
Yes, and all (G major) they will call
(D major) you will (C major) be
Outro 1
"Deportee"
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
deportee
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