Manzanar — Tom Russell
Chords and lyrics for Manzanar by Tom Russell (key of G).
Verse 1
Tom Russell - Manzanar
Intro
[G]
Verse 1
He said, my name is Nakashima
And I'm a [C]proud [G]American
I came [C]here in [G]'24
From my [Am]homeland in [D]Japan
Verse 2
And I [G]picked your grapes and oranges
Saved some [C]money, bought a [G]store
Until [C]Nineteen [G]Forty-Two
Pearl [Am]Harbour and the [D]war
Verse 3
Came [G]those relocation orders
They took our [C]house, the store, the [G]car
Then they [C]drove us to the [G]desert
To a [Am]place called [D]Manzanar
Verse 4
The [G]Spanish word for "apple orchard"
Though we [C]saw no apple [G]trees
Only [C]rows of prison [G]barracks
With [Am]barbed wire [D]boundaries
Chorus
And we [C]dream of apple [G]blossoms
Waving [C]free beneath the [D]stars
Till we [C]wake up in the [G]desert
The [Am]prisoners of [D]Manzanar
[G]Manzanar
Verse 5
Fifty years, they've all but vanished
And now [C]I am an old [G]man
And I [C]don't regret the [G]day
That I [Am]came here from [D]Japan
Verse 6
But on [G]moonlit winter nights
I often [C]wish upon a [G]star
That I'd [C]forget the shame and [G]sorrow
That I [Am]felt at [D]Manzanar
Chorus
And we [C]dream of apple [G]blossoms
Waving [C]free beneath the [D]stars
Till we [C]wake up in the [G]desert
The [Am]prisoners of [D]Manzanar
[G]Manzanar
Outro
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C] [G] [Am]
[D]Manzanar
[G]Manzanar
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