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 G5 C5 G5 The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting D5 G5 The oranges are packed in the creoste dumps C5 G5 They're flying them back to the Mexican border D5 To save all their money and wade back again G5 C5 G5 My father's own father he waded that river D5 G5 Others before him have done just the same C5 G5 They died in the hills and they died in the valleys D5 G5 Some went to heaven with out any names C5 G5 Goodbye to my Juan, good bye Rosalita D5 D5 G5 Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria C5 G5 You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane D5 G5 All they will call you will be.....Deportee G5 C5 G5 Some of us are illegal and others not wanted D5 G5 Our work contracts out and we have to move on C5 G5 Six hundred miles to the Mexican border D5 G5 They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves C5 G5 Goodbye to my Juan, good bye Rosalita D5 D5 G5 Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria C5 G5 You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane D5 G5 All they will call you will be.....Deportee (Chorus Instrumental) G5 C5 G5 The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon D5 G5 A fireball of thunder that shook all the hills C5 G5 Who are all these dear friends scattered like dry leaves D5 G5 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
