{"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":931149,"song":"Bracero","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613056-bracero-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931149?type=chord","rating":4.97898,"votes":14,"content":"Capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\nIntro:[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWade into the river, through the rippling shallow water[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSteal across the thirsty border, bracero[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome bring your hungry bodies to the golden fields of plenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFrom a peso to a penny, bracero[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, Welcome to California[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you[/tab]\r\n\r\nCome labor for your mother, your father and your brother\r\nFor your sister and your lover, bracero\r\nCome pick the fruit of yellow, break the flower from the berry\r\nPurple grapes will fill your belly, bracero\r\nOh, Welcome to California\r\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\r\n\r\nAnd the sun will bite your body, as the dust will draw you thristy\r\nWhile your muscles beg for mercy, bracero\r\nIn the shade of your sombrero, drop your sweat upon the soil\r\nLike the fruit your youth can spoil, bracero\r\nOh, Welcome to California\r\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\r\n\r\nWhen the weary night embraces, sleep in shacks that could be cages\r\nThey will take it from your wages, bracero\r\nCome sing about tomorrow with a jingle of the dollar\r\nAnd forget your crooked collar, bracero\r\nOh, Welcome to California\r\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\r\n\r\nAnd the local men are lazy, and they make too much of trouble\r\nBesides we'd have to pay the double, bracero\r\nBut if you feel you're fallin', if you find the pace is killing\r\nThere are others who are willing, bracero\r\nOh, Welcome to California\r\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\r\n\r\n\r\nA Bracero is a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period \r\nfor seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret\n\nIntro:Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome labor for your mother, your father and your brother\nFor your sister and your lover, bracero\nCome pick the fruit of yellow, break the flower from the berry\nPurple grapes will fill your belly, bracero\nOh, Welcome to California\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\n\nAnd the sun will bite your body, as the dust will draw you thristy\nWhile your muscles beg for mercy, bracero\nIn the shade of your sombrero, drop your sweat upon the soil\nLike the fruit your youth can spoil, bracero\nOh, Welcome to California\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\n\nWhen the weary night embraces, sleep in shacks that could be cages\nThey will take it from your wages, bracero\nCome sing about tomorrow with a jingle of the dollar\nAnd forget your crooked collar, bracero\nOh, Welcome to California\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\n\nAnd the local men are lazy, and they make too much of trouble\nBesides we'd have to pay the double, bracero\nBut if you feel you're fallin', if you find the pace is killing\nThere are others who are willing, bracero\nOh, Welcome to California\nWhere the friendly farmer will take care of you\n\n\nA Bracero is a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period \nfor seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.","chords":["Em","D","C","B7","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}