DEPORTEE
  
G                            C           G
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten.
                              D        G
The oranges are packed in the creosote dumps.
C                               G
They're flyin' them back to the Mexican border,
                             D         G
To save all their money then wade back again.


G                         C          G
My father's own father he waded that river.
                       D             G
Others before him have done just the same.
     C                          G
They died in the hills and they died in the valleys.
                    D           G
Some went to heaven without any names.


CHORUS:
C                   G 
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.
      D         D7      G
Adios mi amigo, Jesus y Maria.
    C                          G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
                            D   G
All they will call you will be "Deportee."


G                          C          G 
Some of us are illegal and others not wanted.
                              D            G
Our work contracts out and we have to move on.
C                        G
Six hundred miles to the Mexican border,
                   D              G    
They chase us like rustlers, like thieves.


CHORUS:
C                   G 
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.
      D         D7      G
Adios mi amigo, Jesus y Maria.
    C                          G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
                            D   G
All they will call you will be "Deportee." 

SOLO:

    G                          C         G 
The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon.
                          D             G
A fireball of thunder, it shook all the hills.
    C                                            G
Who are all of these dear friends scattered like dry leaves?
                         D     G
The radio said they were just "Deportees."

 
C              G
Adios mi Juan, adios Rosalita.
      D          D7     G
Adios mi amigo, Jesus y Maria.
   C                        G
No tendras ningun nombre en aquel aeroplano,
              D       G
Solo te van a poner, "Deportee."
 

CHORUS:
C                   G 
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.
      D         D7      G
Adios mi amigo, Jesus y Maria.
    C                          G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,
                            D   G
All they will call you will be "Deportee."

Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.

Adios mi amigo, Jesus y Maria.

You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane,

All they will call you will be "Deportee."