G C G [Verse 1]G C G The crops are all in and the peaches are rottingC G The oranges are piled in the creosote dumpsC G Em They're flying you back to the Mexican borderG C G To pay all your money and wade back again [Verse 2]G C G My father's own father, he waded that riverC G They took all the money he made in his lifeC G Em My brothers and sisters came working the fruit treesG C G They rode on their truck till they lay down and die [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD7 G G7 Adios mis amigos, Jesus y MariaC G Em You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneG C G All all they will call you will be deportees[Verse 3]G C G Some of us are illegal, and others not wantedC G Our work contract's out and we got to move onC G Em It's six hundred miles to that Mexican borderG C G They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves [Verse 4]G C G We died on your hills and we died on your desertsC G We died in your valleys we died on your plainsC G Em We've died 'neath your trees and we've died in your bushesG C G Both sides of that river we've died just the same [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD7 G G7 Adios mis amigos, Jesus y MariaC G Em You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneG C G All all they will call you will be deportees [Guitar Solo]G C G [Verse 5]G C G The skyplane caught fire over Los Gatos CanyonC G A fireball of lightning, and it shook all our hillsC Em Who are these chicanos that scattered like dry leavesG C G The radio tells they're just deportees [Verse 6]G C G Is this the best way we can grow our good orchardsC G Is this the best way we can grow our good fruitC G Em To fall like dry leaves and rot on the top soilG C G And be called by no name except "deportee" [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD7 G G7 Adios mis amigos, Jesus y MariaC G Em You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneG C G All all they will call you will be deportees
Deportee Plane Wreck At Los Gatos
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