In January 1948 an airplane carrying Mexican Nationals crashed near the Los Gatos canyon in California. Woody Guthrie, the voice of everyman, wrote a poem about the crash that was later put to music by Pete Seeger. This is my interpretation of the version as done by The Highwaymen. DEPORTEE G C G The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting D G The oranges are packed in the creoste dumps C G They're flying them back to the Mexican border D7 To save all their money and 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 D7 G Some went to heaven with out any names C G Goodbye to my Juan, good bye Rosalita D D7 G Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria C G You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane D7 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 D7 G They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves C G Goodbye to my Juan, good bye Rosalita D D7 G Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria C G You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane D7 G All they will call you will be.....Deportee (Chorus Instrumental) G C G The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon D G A fireball of thunder that shook all the hills C G Who are all these dear friends scattered like dry leaves D7 G The radio said they were just...Deportees (Note: As near as I can tell this is a Spanish version of the chorus as performed by Johnny Rodriguez. If anyone can help me with the correct translation I would deeply appreciate it.) Adios mi Juan, adios Rosalita Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria No tiene su nombre con grande airplano All they will call you will be...Deportee
