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Deportee by Ken Pomeroy

Chords

Tuning

Standard EADGBE

Capo

2

Difficulty

Beginner 👶

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Key: B
 
Intro:

A    D  A     D  A
 
 
Verse 1:
A                            D           A
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
                               D     A
The oranges are filed in their creosote dumps
        D                      A
They′re flying 'em back to the Mexican border
                           D          A
To take all their money to wade back again
 
 
Chorus:
    D                A
Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
  E                 D     A
Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
    D                          A
You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
                            D       A        D  A
All they will call you will be deportees

Verse 2:
A                          D          A
My father's own father, he waded that river
                           D           A
They took all the money he made in his life
   D                         A
My brothers and sisters they work in your fruit trees
                                   D             A
They rode the big truck 'till they laid down and died
 
 
Chorus:
    D                A
Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
  E                 D     A
Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
    D                          A
You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
                            D       A
All they will call you will be deportees
 
 
[Interlude]
A     D  A      D  A
 
 
Verse 3:
A                           D         A
The skyplane went down over Los Gatos Canyon
                              D             A
The fireball of lightning has shook all our hills
D                             A
Who are these friends who are falling like dry leaves?
                           D         A
The radio said, "They were just deportees"
                          D         A
The radio said, "They were just deportees"
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
    D                A
Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
  E                 D     A
Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
    D                          A
You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
                            D       A
All they will call you will be deportees
                            D       A
All they will call you will be deportees
                            D       A
All they will call you will be deportees

Deportee Chords Info

Published: July 30, 2026

Last Updated: July 30, 2026

Tuning: Standard EADGBE

Capo: 2

Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Chords: B, A, D, E