Artist: Tom Russell
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO]
[G]
[VERSE 1]
He said, my name is Nakashima
And I'm a [C]proud Ameri[G]can
I came [C]here in '2[G]4
From my [Am]homeland in Ja[D]pan
[VERSE 2]
And I [G]picked your grapes and oranges
Saved some [C]money, bought a [G]store
Until [C]Nineteen Forty-[G]Two
Pearl [Am]Harbour and the [D]war
[VERSE 3]
Came th[G]ose 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 Manza[D]nar
[VERSE 4]
The Spa[G]nish word for "apple orchard"
Though we [C]saw no apple [G]trees
Only [C]rows of prison [G]barracks
With [Am]barbed wire bounda[D]ries
[CHORUS]
N.C.
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 priso[Am]ners of Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
[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 Ja[D]pan
[VERSE 6]
But on [G]moonlit winter nights
I often [C]wish upon a [G]star
That I'd for[C]get the shame and [G]sorrow
That I [Am]felt at Manza[D]nar
[CHORUS]
N.C.
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 priso[Am]ners of Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
[OUTRO]
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C] [G] [Am]
Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
[INTRO]
[G]
[VERSE 1]
He said, my name is Nakashima
And I'm a [C]proud Ameri[G]can
I came [C]here in '2[G]4
From my [Am]homeland in Ja[D]pan
[VERSE 2]
And I [G]picked your grapes and oranges
Saved some [C]money, bought a [G]store
Until [C]Nineteen Forty-[G]Two
Pearl [Am]Harbour and the [D]war
[VERSE 3]
Came th[G]ose 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 Manza[D]nar
[VERSE 4]
The Spa[G]nish word for "apple orchard"
Though we [C]saw no apple [G]trees
Only [C]rows of prison [G]barracks
With [Am]barbed wire bounda[D]ries
[CHORUS]
N.C.
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 priso[Am]ners of Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
[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 Ja[D]pan
[VERSE 6]
But on [G]moonlit winter nights
I often [C]wish upon a [G]star
That I'd for[C]get the shame and [G]sorrow
That I [Am]felt at Manza[D]nar
[CHORUS]
N.C.
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 priso[Am]ners of Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
[OUTRO]
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C] [G] [Am]
Manza[D]nar
Manza[G]nar
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