Chords for Deportees
Tempo:
144.2 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
Dm
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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The crops are all in, [Bb] the beaches [F] are rotting, the oranges are piled in [Bb] their creosote [F] dumps.
They're [Bb] flying you back to [F] the [Dm] Mexico border [F] to pay [Dm] all your money [Bb] to wait [Dm] back [F] again.
My father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, [D]
they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life.
[Bb] My brothers and sisters come [F] working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till [Bb] they took down [F] and died.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita,
[C] adios mi [D] amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F]
deportees.
Some of us are illegal, [Bb] and others [F] not wanted, our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on.
[Bb] Six hundred miles to [F] the Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like rustlers [F] and thieves.
We died in your hills and [Bb] we died on [F] your deserts, we died in your valleys, [Bb] we died on [F] your plains.
[Bb] We died in your trees and [F] we died in [Dm] your bushes, [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita, [C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, and all they will call you [Bb] will be [F] deportees.
The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills.
[Bb] And who are these friends, [Dm] oh scattered like dry leaves, [F] the radio [Dm] says they [Bb] are just [F] deportees.
Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] big orchards?
Is this the [Dm] best way we [Bb] can grow our good [F] fruit?
[Bb] To fall like dry leaves [F] and to rot on your topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except [F]
deportees.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita,
[C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F] deportees.
[C] [Bb]
[F]
They're [Bb] flying you back to [F] the [Dm] Mexico border [F] to pay [Dm] all your money [Bb] to wait [Dm] back [F] again.
My father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, [D]
they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life.
[Bb] My brothers and sisters come [F] working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till [Bb] they took down [F] and died.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita,
[C] adios mi [D] amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F]
deportees.
Some of us are illegal, [Bb] and others [F] not wanted, our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on.
[Bb] Six hundred miles to [F] the Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like rustlers [F] and thieves.
We died in your hills and [Bb] we died on [F] your deserts, we died in your valleys, [Bb] we died on [F] your plains.
[Bb] We died in your trees and [F] we died in [Dm] your bushes, [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita, [C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, and all they will call you [Bb] will be [F] deportees.
The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills.
[Bb] And who are these friends, [Dm] oh scattered like dry leaves, [F] the radio [Dm] says they [Bb] are just [F] deportees.
Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] big orchards?
Is this the [Dm] best way we [Bb] can grow our good [F] fruit?
[Bb] To fall like dry leaves [F] and to rot on your topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except [F]
deportees.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita,
[C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F] deportees.
[C] [Bb]
[F]
Key:
F
Bb
Dm
C
D
F
Bb
Dm
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The crops are all in, [Bb] the beaches [F] are rotting, _ _ _ the oranges are piled in [Bb] their creosote [F] dumps.
_ _ They're [Bb] flying you back to [F] the _ [Dm] Mexico border _ [F] to pay [Dm] all your money [Bb] to wait [Dm] back _ [F] again. _
My _ father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, _ _ [D] _ _
they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life. _
_ _ [Bb] My brothers and sisters come [F] working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till [Bb] they took down [F] and died. _ _ _
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _
[C] adios mi [D] amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F] _ _ _
deportees.
Some _ _ _ _ _ of us are illegal, _ [Bb] and others [F] not wanted, _ _ _ our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on.
_ _ _ [Bb] Six hundred miles to [F] the Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like rustlers [F] and thieves.
_ We died in your hills and [Bb] we died on [F] your _ _ deserts, we died in your valleys, [Bb] we died on [F] your _ plains. _
[Bb] We died in your trees and [F] we died in [Dm] your bushes, [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same.
_ _ _ [Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _ [C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, and all they will call you [Bb] will be [F] _ _ deportees. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, _ _ _ like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills. _ _
[Bb] And who are these friends, [Dm] oh scattered like dry leaves, [F] the radio [Dm] says they [Bb] are just _ [F] deportees. _
_ _ Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] big _ orchards? _
Is this the [Dm] best way we [Bb] can grow our good [F] fruit? _
_ _ [Bb] To fall like dry leaves [F] and to rot on your _ topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except _ [F] _
_ _ deportees. _
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _
[C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be _ [F] deportees.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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The crops are all in, [Bb] the beaches [F] are rotting, _ _ _ the oranges are piled in [Bb] their creosote [F] dumps.
_ _ They're [Bb] flying you back to [F] the _ [Dm] Mexico border _ [F] to pay [Dm] all your money [Bb] to wait [Dm] back _ [F] again. _
My _ father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, _ _ [D] _ _
they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life. _
_ _ [Bb] My brothers and sisters come [F] working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till [Bb] they took down [F] and died. _ _ _
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _
[C] adios mi [D] amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be [F] _ _ _
deportees.
Some _ _ _ _ _ of us are illegal, _ [Bb] and others [F] not wanted, _ _ _ our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on.
_ _ _ [Bb] Six hundred miles to [F] the Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like rustlers [F] and thieves.
_ We died in your hills and [Bb] we died on [F] your _ _ deserts, we died in your valleys, [Bb] we died on [F] your _ plains. _
[Bb] We died in your trees and [F] we died in [Dm] your bushes, [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same.
_ _ _ [Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _ [C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, and all they will call you [Bb] will be [F] _ _ deportees. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, _ _ _ like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills. _ _
[Bb] And who are these friends, [Dm] oh scattered like dry leaves, [F] the radio [Dm] says they [Bb] are just _ [F] deportees. _
_ _ Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] big _ orchards? _
Is this the [Dm] best way we [Bb] can grow our good [F] fruit? _
_ _ [Bb] To fall like dry leaves [F] and to rot on your _ topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except _ [F] _
_ _ deportees. _
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _
[C] adios mi amigos, [F] Jesus y Maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride [Dm] the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call [Bb] you will be _ [F] deportees.
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