Deportee - Arlo Guthrie Chords
Chords: A7, D, G
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Genre: folk, protest song, country
Based on the version on Arlo Guthrie's self titled album but simplified
to make it suitable for novices like me.
YouTube (https://youtu.be/_HCueUbLIAU),
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[Chords]
A7 D G
[Verse 1]
D G D
The crops are all in, the peaches are rotting
D A7 D
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps
G D
They're flying you back to the Mexico border
D A7 D
To pay all your money, to wade back again
D G D
My Father's own father, he waded that river
D A7 D
They took all the money he made in his life
G D
My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees
D A7 D
They rode the truck till they took down and died
[Chorus]
G D
Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita
A7 D
Adios mi amigos, Jesus and Maria
G D
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D A7 D
All they will call you will be deportees
[Verse 2]
D G D
Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted
D A7 D
Our work contracts out and we have to move on
G D
Six hundred miles to the Mexico border
D A7 D
They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves
D G D
We died in your hills, we died in your deserts
D A7 D
We died in your valleys, and died on your plains
G D
We died 'neath your trees, and we died in your bushes
D A7 D
Both sides of the river, we died just the same
[Chorus]
G D
Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita
A7 D
Adios mi amigos, Jesus and Maria
G D
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
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