Deportees Chords by The Dubliners

Tempo:
80.975 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Deportees - The Dubliners chords
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[A] [E]
[B] [E]
The crops are all in [A] and the peaches [E] are rotting
The oranges piled [B] in their [E] creosote dumps
[A] You're flying them back [E] to the Mexican border
To pay all their [B] money to wait [E] back again
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B] Goodbye my friends [E] Jesus and Maria
[A] You won't have a name [E] when you ride the big airplane
All they will call [B] you will be [E] deportee
My father's own [A] father he waded [E] that river
They took all the money [B] he made in [E] his life
[A] My brothers and [E] sisters come working the fruit trees
They rode the truck [B] till they took down [E] and [A] died
Goodbye to my [E] Juan Goodbye [B] Rosalita
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name when [E] you ride the big airplane
All the will call you [B] will be [E] deportees
Some of us are illegal [A] and some [E] are not wanted
Our work contracts out [B] and we [E] have to move on
[A] 600 miles to [E] that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws [B] like [E] rustlers like thieves
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B] Adios mis [E] amigos Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [E] when you ride the big airplane
All the will call [B] you will be [E] deportees
[A] We [E]
[B] [E]
died in your [A] hills we died [E] in your deserts
We died in your valleys [B] and died [E] on your plains
[A] We died neath your trees [E] and we died in your bushes
Both sides of the [B] river we died [E] just the same
[A] Goodbye to my [C#m] Juan
Goodbye [E] [B] Rosalita
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name when you [E] ride the big [E] airplane
All the will call you [B] will be [E] deportees
the skyplane caught fire [A] over Los [E] Gatos Canyon a
fireball of lightning [B] that shook [E] all our hills
[A] Who are all these friends [E] of Stafford like dry leaves?
Radio said they [B] are just [E] deportees
[A] Bye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B]
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [C#m] when you [E] ride the big airplane
All the will call [B] you will be [E] deportees
Is this the best way [A] we can grow our [E] big orchard
Is this the best way [B] we can grow our [E] good fruit?
[A] To fall like dry [E] leaves and rot on the topsoil
Be called by no [B] name except [E] deportees
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye [B] Rosalita
Adios mis [E] amigos Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [C#m] when you [E] ride the big airplane
All the will [B] call you will be [E] deportees
All the will call [B] you will be [E] deportees
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
C#m
13421114
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
C#m
13421114
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To learn The Dubliners - Deportees chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: A, E, A, E, B, E, E, B and E. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 40 BPM and then match the original tempo of 81 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: E Major.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
The crops are all in [A] and the peaches [E] are rotting
The oranges piled [B] in their [E] creosote dumps
[A] You're flying them back [E] to the Mexican border
To pay all their [B] money to wait [E] back again _
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B] Goodbye my friends [E] Jesus and Maria
[A] You won't have a name [E] when you ride the big airplane _
All they will call [B] you will be [E] _ deportee
My father's own [A] father he waded [E] that river
They took all the money [B] he made in [E] his life
[A] My brothers and [E] sisters come working the fruit trees
They rode the truck [B] till they took down [E] and [A] died
Goodbye to my [E] Juan Goodbye _ [B] Rosalita
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name when [E] you ride the big airplane
_ All the will call you [B] will be [E] _ deportees
Some of us are illegal [A] and some [E] are not wanted
Our work contracts out [B] and we [E] have to move on
[A] 600 miles to [E] that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws [B] like [E] rustlers like thieves
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B] Adios mis [E] amigos Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [E] when you ride the big airplane
_ All the will call [B] you will be [E] _ deportees
[A] We _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ died in your [A] hills we died [E] in your deserts
We died in your valleys [B] and died [E] on your plains
[A] We died neath your trees [E] and we died in your bushes
Both sides of the [B] river we died [E] just the same
_ [A] Goodbye to my [C#m] Juan
Goodbye [E] _ [B] Rosalita
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name when you [E] ride the big [E] airplane
All the will call you [B] will be [E] _ deportees
the skyplane caught fire [A] over Los [E] Gatos Canyon a
fireball of lightning [B] that shook [E] all our hills
[A] Who are all these friends [E] of Stafford like dry leaves?
_ Radio said they [B] are just [E] _ deportees
[A] Bye to my Juan [E] Goodbye Rosalita
[B]
Adios mis amigos [E] Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [C#m] when you [E] ride the big airplane _
All the will call [B] you will be [E] deportees
Is this the best way [A] we can grow our [E] big orchard
Is this the best way [B] we can grow our [E] good fruit?
[A] To fall like dry [E] leaves and rot on the topsoil
Be called by no [B] name except [E] _ _ deportees
[A] Goodbye to my Juan [E] Goodbye _ [B] Rosalita
Adios mis [E] amigos Jesus y Maria
[A] You won't have a name [C#m] when you [E] ride the big airplane
_ All the will [B] call you will be [E] deportees
_ All the will call [B] you will be _ [E] deportees _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the 30 Years A Greying album.

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