Chords for Arlo Guthrie, "Deportee"

Tempo:
144.15 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

Dm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Arlo Guthrie, "Deportee" chords
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The crops are all in, [Bb] the beaches are [F] rotting, the oranges are piled in [Bb] their creosote [F] dumps.
They're flying you back to [Dm] the Mexico border [F] to pay all your money to [Bb] wade back again.
My father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life.
My [Bb] brothers and sisters [F] come working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till they [Bb] took down [F] and died.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita, [C] adios mi amigos, [F] esuse maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when you [Dm] ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call you [Bb] will be the [F] police.
Some of us are illegal,
[Bb] and others not [F] wanted, our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on.
[Bb] Six hundred miles to the [F] Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like wrestlers and [F] thieves.
We died in your hills and we [Bb] died on your [F] deserts, we died in your valleys, we [Bb] died on [F] your plains.
We [Bb] died in your trees and we [F] died in your [Dm] bushes, [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita,
[C] adios mi amigos,
[F] esuse maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride the [Dm] big airplane, [F] and all they [Dm] will call you [Bb] will be the [F] police.
The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills.
[Bb] And who are these friends, oh [F] scattered like dry leaves, the radio says they [Bb] are just [F]
deportees.
Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] good orchards?
Is this the best [Dm] way we can [Bb] grow our good [F] fruit?
To [Bb] fall like dry leaves and [F] to rot on your topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except [F] deportees.
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye Rosalita, [C] adios mi amigos, [F] esuse maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call you [Bb] will be
[F] deportees.
[C]
[Bb]
[F]
Key:  
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
C
3211
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To learn Arlo Guthrie - Deportees chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Dm, F, Bb and F. A good strategy is to initiate at 74 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 148 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: F Major.

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_ _ The crops are all in, [Bb] the beaches are [F] rotting, _ _ _ the oranges are piled in [Bb] their creosote [F] _ dumps.
_ They're flying you back to [Dm] the _ Mexico border _ [F] to pay all your money to [Bb] wade back _ again.
My _ _ father's old father, [Bb] he waded that [F] river, _ _ _ _ they took all the money he [Bb] made in his [F] life.
_ _ My [Bb] brothers and sisters [F] come working the [Dm] fruit trees, [F] and they rode [Dm] the trucks till they [Bb] took down [F] and died.
_ _ [Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ _ Rosalita, [C] adios mi amigos, [F] esuse maria.
_ [Bb] You won't have a name when you [Dm] ride the big airplane, [F] and all [Dm] they will call you [Bb] will be the _ [F] police. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Some of us are illegal, _
[Bb] and others not [F] wanted, _ _ our work [Dm] contract's out and [Bb] we have to [F] move on. _ _ _
[Bb] Six hundred miles to the [F] Mexico [Dm] border, [F] they chase us [Dm] like outlaws, [Bb] like wrestlers and [F] thieves. _
_ _ We died in your hills and we [Bb] died on your [F] _ _ deserts, _ we died in your valleys, we [Bb] died on [F] your plains. _
_ We [Bb] died in your trees and we [F] died in your [Dm] bushes, _ [F] both sides [Dm] of the river [Bb] we've died just [F] the same. _ _
[Bb] Goodbye to my Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _
[C] adios mi amigos, _
[F] esuse _ maria.
[Bb] You won't have a name when [F] you ride the [Dm] big airplane, [F] and all they [Dm] will call you [Bb] will be the [F] police. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The skyplane caught fire [Bb] over Los Gatos [F] Canyon, _ _ _ _ like a fireball of lightning [Bb] it shook all [F] our hills. _
_ _ [Bb] And who are these friends, oh [F] scattered like dry leaves, the radio _ says they [Bb] are just [F]
deportees. _ _ _ _
Is this the best way we can [Bb] grow our [F] good _ orchards?
_ Is this the best [Dm] way we can [Bb] grow our good [F] fruit?
_ _ To [Bb] fall like dry leaves and [F] to rot on your topsoil, and be known by [Dm] no name [Bb] except _ _ [F] _ deportees.
_ _ [Bb] Goodbye to my _ Juan, [F] goodbye _ Rosalita, _ [C] adios mi amigos, [F] esuse maria.
_ [Bb] You won't have a name when [Dm] you ride the big airplane, _ [F] and all [Dm] they will call you [Bb] will be _
_ [F] deportees. _ _ _
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