D G D The crops are all in and the peaches are rottingG D The oranges are packed in their creosote dumpsG D Bm They're flying 'em back to that Mexico borderD G D To take all their money to wade back a gainD G D My father's own father, he waded that riverG D They took all the money he made in his lifeG D Bm My brothers and sisters come working the fruit treesD G D They rode the big trucks till they lay down and died [Chorus]G D Good bye to my Juan, good bye RosalitaA D Adi os mis amigos, Je sus y MariaG D Bm You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD G D And all they will call you will be depor tee [Verse]D G D Some of us are illegal, and all are not wantedG D Our work contract's out and we've got to move onG D Bm Six hundred miles to that Mexican borderD G D They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thievesD G D We died in your hills, we died in your desertsG D We died in your armies, we died on your plainsG D Bm We died 'neath your trees and we died 'neath those bushesD G D Both sides of that river, we died just the same [Chorus]D G D The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos CanyonG D Like a fireball of lightning, it shook all our hillsG D Bm Who are all these friends, dying like dry leaves?D G D The radio says they are just depor tees [Verse]D G D Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?G D Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?G D Bm To fall like dry leaves and rot on my topsoilD G D And be known by no name ex cept depor tee [Chorus]D G D The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos CanyonG D Like a fireball of lightning, it shook all our hillsG D Bm Who are all these friends, dying like dry leaves?D G D The radio says they are just depor tees
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