Deportees chords by Billy Bragg, Hank Wangford
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) The crops are all in
and the (G major) peaches are rot (D major) ting
The oranges are piling
their (G major) creosote (D major) thumbs
They're (G major) flying us back to
the (D major) Mexican bor (B minor) der
Spend (D major) all the money to wait (G major) back again (D major)
My father's own father,
he waded (G major) that (D major) river
Took all the money, he made (G major) his (D major) life
My (G major) brothers and sisters
come (D major) work in the fruit (B minor) trees
(D major) And they rode the trucks
till they took (G major) down an (D major) d died
Good (G major) bye to my Juan,
good (D major) bye Rosalita
(A major) Adios mis amigos, (D major) is you see Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you (D major) ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will
(G major) be deportees (D major) (G major) (D major)
Some of us are an eagle
and (G major) others not (D major) wanted
I work on tracks out
and we've (G major) got to move (D major) on
Six (G major) hundred miles to the (D major) Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws,
like (G major) rustlers, like (D major) thieves
We died in your hills,
and we died (G major) in your deserts (D major)
We died in your valleys,
and we died (G major) in your (D major) plains
We (G major) died beneath your trees,
and we died (D major) in your bushes
Both sides of the river,
and we (G major) died just the (D major) same
Goodbye, (G major) my Juan, good (D major) bye, Rosalita
Adi (A major) os, mis amigos, Isu (D major) ci, Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you (D major) ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will (G major) be Deportee
(D major) (G major) (D major) A skyplane caught fire
over (G major) Los Gatos Canyon
(D major) A fireball of lightning, it (G major) shook all our (D major) hills
Who (G major) are these friends
who are scattered (D major) like dry leaves
To radiosis they are just (G major) deportees (D major)
Is this the best way
we can (G major) grow our big orch (D major) ards?
Is this the best way
we can grow (G major) our good (D major) fruit?
Scattered (G major) like dry leaves
and (D major) right on your topsoil
And be known by no name
except (G major) according
(D major) Goodbye (G major) to my Juan,
good (D major) bye Rosalita
(A major) Adios, mis amigos, (D major) es Lucy Maria
You (G major) won't have a name
when you (D major) ride the big airplane
And all they will call you will (G major) be (A major) Pea (A major) port T
Deportees
Billy Bragg, Hank Wangford
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