Chords:
{t:Deportees }
{artist: Arlo Guthrie}
{key: F}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2eO65BqxBE
{c: Thanks Steve Walton }
The [F] crops are all [F] in and the [Bb] peaches are [F] rotting [F]
The [F] oranges [F] piled in their [Bb] creosote [F] dumps [F]
They're [Bb] flying you [Bb] back to the [F] Mexican [Dm] border
To [F] pay all your [Dm] money, to [Bb] wade back a-[F] gain{23} [F]{123}
{c: }
My [F] Father's own [F] father, he [Bb] waded that [F] river [F]
They [F] took all the [F] money he [Bb] made in his [F] life [F]
My [Bb] brothers and [Bb] sisters come [F] working the [Dm] fruit trees
And [F] they rode the [Dm] trucks till they [Bb] laid down and [F] died{23} [F]{12}
{c: }
Good-[Bb] bye to my [Bb] Juan, good-[F] bye Rosa-[F] lita
Adi-[C7] os mi a-[C7] migos, Je- [F] sus y Ma-[F] ria
You [Bb] won't have a [Bb] name when you [F] ride the big [Dm] airplane
[F] All they will [Dm] call you will [Bb] be depor-[F] tees{23} [F]{123} [F]{123} [F]{123}
{c: }
[F] Some of us are ill-[F] egal, and [Bb] others not [F] wanted [F]
Our [F] work contract’s [F] out and we [Bb] have to move [F] on [F]
[Bb] Six hundred [Bb] miles to the [F] Mexican [Dm] border
They [F] chase us like [Dm] outlaws, like [Bb] rustlers and [F] thieves{23} [F]{123}
{c: }
We [F] died in your [F] hills, we [Bb] died in your [F] deserts [F]
We [F] died in your [F] valleys, and [Bb] died on your [F] plains [F]
We [Bb] died 'neath your [Bb] trees, and we [F] died in your [Dm] bushes
Both [F] sides of the [Dm] river, we [Bb] died just the [F] same{23} [F]{12}
{c: }
Good-[Bb] bye to my [Bb] Juan, good-[F] bye Rosa-[F] lita
Adi-[C7] os mi a-[C7] migos, Je- [F] sus y Ma-[F] ria
You [Bb] won't have a [Bb] name when you [F] ride the big [Dm] airplane
[F] All they will [Dm] call you will [Bb] be depor-[F] tees{23} [F]{123} [F]{123} [F]{123}
{c: }
The [F] sky plane caught [F] fire over [Bb] Los Gatos [F] canyon [F]
Like a [F] fireball of [F] lightning it [Bb] shook all our [F] hills [F]
[Bb] Who are these [Bb] friends, all [F] scattered like [Dm] dry leaves?
The [F] radio [Dm] says they are [Bb] just deport-[F] ees{23} [F]{123}
{c: }
Is [F] this the best [F] way we can [Bb] grow our big [F] orchards? [F]
Is [F] this the best [F] way we can [Bb] grow our good [F] fruit? [F]
To [Bb] fall, like [Bb] dry leaves and [F] rot on your [Dm] topsoil
And to [F] be called no [Dm] name, ex-[Bb] cept depor-[F] tees {23} [F]{12}
{c: }
Good-[Bb] bye to my [Bb] Juan, good-[F] bye Rosa-[F] lita
Adi-[C7] os mi a-[C7] migos, Je- [F] sus y Ma-[F] ria
You [Bb] won't have a [Bb] name when you [F] ride the big [Dm] airplane
[F] All they will [Dm] call you will [Bb] be depor-[F] tees{23} [F]{123}
[Bb]{123} [F]{123} [C7]{123} [F]↓
