The Immigrant Chords by Merle Haggard

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American ranching consists of a mansion where illegal [Bm] immigrants do much of the labor [Am] by hand. _ _
[D] _ _ _ They sneak them through customs till time comes to bust them,
then haul them back over the border to their own [G] native land. _ _
_ _ _ With a ragged sombrero and not much dinero,
they'll be back again when the Oreo grand is [C] down low.
_ _ _ _ Border patroller, [G] don't stop a stroller,
[D] cause Mexican immigrants is helping _ [G] America grow. _ _
_ _ _ _ Viva la Mexico, go where they let you go,
do what you can [D] for the land.
_ [Am] Take home dinero [D] and buy new _ sombrero,
and come back again when [G] you can. _
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_ _ [C] _ [G] _ What makes a gringo use smart alec lingo
when he stole his land [Bm] from the Indian man way [Am] back when? _
[D] _ _ _ _ Don't he remember the big money lender
that put him a lingo and parked where his pinto [G] had been? _
_ _ _ He almighty pays so, that gives him the say so,
to dry up the river whenever there's droughts to [C] bring _ _ in.
_ _ _ This is a good neighbor [G] to take all his labor,
[D] then chase him back over the border till he's needed [G] _ _ again.
_ _ _ _ Viva la Mexico, go where they let you go,
do what you can for [D] the land.
_ [Am] Take home dinero [D] and buy new sombrero,
and come back again [G] when you can. _
Viva la Mexico, go where they let you go,
do what you can. _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Take home dinero.
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