Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) chords by Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie
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Verse 1
This next song (D major) I'm going to sing is an old song,
not too old.
I sang it on the
Midnight
Special on that
NBC thing, and it never got on the air.
I never released it. I don't think it
was the song itself.
It was probably the introduction,
you know.
Well, before I sang the song, I said,
I was talking about little kids,
Because I got some.
And I was saying, must be strange to grow up
in this country and not know what a grape
looks like.
Doesn't (G major) sound too (D major) subversive,
right?
Doesn't mean nothing.
Kicked it off the air though.
The crops are all in, the (G major) peaches are rot (D major) ting,
the oranges are piled (B minor) in their (G major) creosote dump.
(D major) They're flyin' (G major) you back to the
(D major) Mexico 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,
he (G major) waded that river (D major)
They took all the (B minor) money he made (G major) in his life (D major)
My broth (G major) ers and sisters come
work (D major) ing the fruit (B minor) trees
And (D major) they rode the (B minor) trucks till they
took (G major) down and (D major) died
Goodbye (G major) to my
Juan, good (D major) bye
Rosalita
Adi (A major) os mi amigo,
Jesus (D major) de
Maria
You won't (G major) have a name when
you (D major) ride the big air (B minor) plane
And all (D major) they will (B minor) call you
will (G major) be deportees (D major)
Some of us are illegal and
(G major) others not wanted (D major)
Our work contract's (B minor) out
and we have (G major) to move (D major) on
Six (G major) hundred miles to the
Mex (D major) ico border (B minor)
They chase (D major) us like out (B minor) laws,
like (G major) rustlers and thieves (D major)
We've died in your hills and we've
died (G major) on your deserts (D major)
We've died in your val (B minor) leys,
we've died (G major) on your plain (D major) s
We've died (G major) in your trees and
we've died (D major) in your bushes
(B minor) Both sides (D major) of the (B minor) river,
we've died (G major) just the same (D major)
Goodbye (G major) to my
Juan, good (D major) bye
Rosalita
Adi (A major) os, mi amigos, es (D major) us y
Maria
You won't (G major) have a name when
you (D major) ride the big (B minor) airplane
And (D major) all they will (B minor) call you
will (G major) be deportees (D major)
The sky plane caught fire over
Los
(G major) Gatos
Canyon (D major)
Like a fireball of light (B minor) ning,
it (G major) shook all our hills (D major)
And (G major) who are these friends, oh,
(D major) scattered like dried (B minor) leaves
The (D major) radio says (B minor) they are just (G major) de portees (D major)
Is this the best way we can
grow (G major) our big orchards? (D major)
Is this the best way we can
(B minor) grow (G major) our good fruit? (D major)
To fold (G major) like dry leaves and
(D major) to rot on your top (B minor) soil
And (D major) be known by no (B minor) name
except (G major) deportees (D major)
Goodbye (G major) to my
Juan, good (D major) bye
Rosalita, adi (A major) os mi amigo
Jesus (D major) y
Maria, you (G major) won't have a name when you (D major) ride the big air (B minor) plane,
and (D major) all they will call (B minor) you will (G major) be deportees. (D major) (B minor) (D major)
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Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie
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