Orphan chords by Sam Baker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD                 G+G           D MajorD
She used to say she was an orphan, never was exactly the truth
                          A augmentedA
It’s just her mother got tired tired of her hanging around
    D MajorD
So she wound up living in a home for girls
 G+G           D MajorD
A augmentedA straight hair kid in a house full of curls
           A augmentedA        D MajorD
A augmentedA straight haired kid always hanging around

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD           G+G     D MajorD
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
          A augmentedA    D MajorD
She’s coming for to carry me home


🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD                       G+G         D MajorD
So the first chance she got she said I do to a tall town boy who said me too
                                 A augmentedA
Honorable mention all district quarterback he said I’ll carry you away
       D MajorD                      G+G
She left him drunk on a stool in a county line bar going on about high school
D MajorD                   A augmentedA           D MajorD
How he was a star she just got tired, tired of him hanging around


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD           G+G     D MajorD
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
          A augmentedA    D MajorD
She’s coming for to carry me home


🎸 Verse 3:
     G+G                 D MajorD
She got a job at a Dairy Queen, had two baby boys two more diamond rings
            A augmentedA       D MajorD
The husbands they were brave but she split that one horse town
     G+G          D MajorD             A augmentedA     D MajorD
Just got tired all the people hanging around split that one horse town

🎸 Instrumental:
D MajorD      G          D          A


🎸 Verse 4:
D MajorD                        G+G
Well now she lives outside LA with a broke down baseball player
    D MajorD                       A augmentedA
Used to play double A, religious man, never drinks or swears
     D MajorD
But she’s tired of all the talk about her getting saved
G+G                D MajorD
Tired of all the talk about revelation days
       A augmentedA           D MajorD
She’s tired, tired of him hanging around


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD           G+G     D MajorD
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
          A augmentedA    D MajorD
She’s coming for to carry me home


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD           G+G     D MajorD
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
          A augmentedA    D MajorD
She’s coming for to carry me home


🎸 Outro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
  A augmentedA D MajorD