Manzanar
Tom Russell
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G [Verse 1] He said, my name is NakashimaC G And I'm a proud AmericanC G I came here in '24Am D From my homeland in Japan [Verse 2]G And I picked your grapes and orangesC G Saved some money, bought a storeC G Until Nineteen Forty-TwoAm D Pearl Harbour and the war [Verse 3]G Came those relocation ordersC They took our house, the store, theG carC G Then they drove us to the desertAm D To a place called ManzanarContinúa después del anuncio[Verse 4]G The Spanish word for "apple orchard"C G Though we saw no apple treesC G Only rows of prison barracksAm D With barbed wire boundaries [Chorus] N.C. C G And we dream of apple blossomsC D Waving free beneath the starsC G Till we wake up in the desertAm D The prisoners of ManzanarG Manzanar [Verse 5] Fifty years, they've all but vanishedC G And now I am an old manC G And I don't regret the dayAm D That I came here from Japan [Verse 6]G But on moonlit winter nightsC G I often wish upon a starC G That I'd forget the shame and sorrowAm D That I felt at Manzanar [Chorus] N.C. C G And we dream of apple blossomsC D Waving free beneath the starsC G Till we wake up in the desertAm D The prisoners of ManzanarG Manzanar [Otro]C G C D C G AmD ManzanarG Manzanar