Deportee
Arlo Guthrie
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A7 D G [Verse 1]D G The crops are all in, the peachesD are rottingD The oranges are piled in theirA7 D creosote dumpsG They're flying you back to theD Mexico borderD A7 To pay all your money, to wadeD back againD G My Father's own father, he wadedD that riverD A7 They took all the money he madeD in his lifeG D My brothers and sisters come working the fruit treesD A7 They rode the truck till theyD took down and died [Chorus]G D Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye RosalitaA7 D Adios mi amigos, Jesus and MariaG D You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD All they will call you will beA7 D deporteesContinúa después del anuncio[Verse 2]D G Some of us are illegal, and someD are not wantedD A7 Our work contracts out and weD have to move onG D Six hundred miles to the Mexico borderD A7 They chase us like outlaws, likeD rustlers, like thievesD G We died in your hills, we died inD your desertsD A7 We died in your valleys, and diedD on your plainsG We died 'neath your trees, and weD died in your bushesD A7 Both sides of the river, we diedD just the same [Chorus]G D Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye RosalitaA7 D Adios mi amigos, Jesus and MariaG D You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD All they will call you will beA7 D deportees [Verse 3]D G The sky plane caught fire overD Los Gatos canyonD A7 A fireball of lightning, it shook all our hillsG D Who are these friends, allD scattered like dry leaves?D A7 The radio says they are justD deporteesD G Is this the best way we can growD our big orchards?D A7 Is this the best way we can growD our good fruit?G D To fall like like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoilD A7 And to be called no name, exceptD deportee. [Chorus]G D Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye RosalitaA7 D Adios mi amigos, Jesus and MariaG D You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD All they will call you will beA7 D deportees