{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2547978,"song":"Deportee","artist":"Arlo Guthrie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11513488-deportee-chords-by-arlo-guthrie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2547978?type=chord","rating":4.88734,"votes":47,"content":"Based on the version on Arlo Guthrie's self titled album but simplified \r\nto make it suitable for novices like me.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe crops are all in, the peaches are rotting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe oranges are piled in their creosote dumps[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're flying you back to the Mexico border[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo pay all your money, to wade back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy Father's own father, he waded that river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took all the money he made in his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey rode the truck till they took down and died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdios mi amigos, Jesus and Maria[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou won't have a name when you ride the big airplane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll they will call you will be deportees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome of us are illegal, and some are not wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur work contracts out and we have to move on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSix hundred miles to the Mexico border[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe died in your hills, we died in your deserts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe died in your valleys, and died on your plains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe died 'neath your trees, and we died in your bushes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoth sides of the river, we died just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdios mi amigos, Jesus and Maria[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou won't have a name when you ride the big airplane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll they will call you will be deportees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nA fireball of lightning, it shook all our hills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho are these friends, all scattered like dry leaves?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe radio says they are just deportees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs this the best way we can grow our big orchards?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs this the best way we can grow our good fruit?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo fall like like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd to be called no name, except deportee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdios mi amigos, Jesus and Maria[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou won't have a name when you ride the big airplane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll they will call you will be deportees[/tab]","plain_text":"Based on the version on Arlo Guthrie's self titled album but simplified \nto make it suitable for novices like me.\n\n\n[Chords]\nA7 D G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A7","D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}