Chord Bracero by Phil Ochs

capo 2nd fret intro : Em Em D wade into the river , through the rippling shallow watter C B7 steal across the thirsty border , bracero Em D come bring your hungry bodies to the golden fields of plenty C B7 from a peso to a penny , bracero C D G Em oh , welcome to california Am D Em where the friendly farmer will take care of you come labor for your mother , your father and your brother for your sister and your lover , bracero come pick the fruit of yellow , break the flower from the berry purple grapes will fill your belly , bracero oh , welcome to california where the friendly farmer will take care of you and the sun will bite your body , as the dust will draw you thristy while your muscles beg for mercy , bracero in the shade of your sombrero , drop your sweat upon the soil like the fruit your youth can spoil , bracero oh , welcome to california where the friendly farmer will take care of you when the weary night embraces , sleep in shacks that could be cages they will take it from your wages , bracero come sing about tomorrow with a jingle of the dollar and forget your crooked collar , bracero oh , welcome to california where the friendly farmer will take care of you and the local men are lazy , and they make too much of trouble besides we’d have to pay the double , bracero but if you feel you’re fallin’ , if you find the pace is killing there are others who are willing , bracero oh , welcome to california where the friendly farmer will take care of you a bracero is a mexican laborer admitted legally into the u . s . for a short period to seasonal , usually agricultural , labor .