Orphan chords by Ashley Monroe

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
B minorBm
How does a sparrow know more than I?
E MajorE
When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly
B minorBm
With no direction, its wings in the wind
G+G      A augmentedA         B minorBm
How does a bird know more than I?


Verse 2:
B minorBm
How does the winter know to hold on
E MajorE
When it's scared of its shadow and flowers are gone?
B minorBm                            G+G
The leaves all lay sleepin', prayin' to hear spring-time songs
G+G       A augmentedA         B minorBm
How does the winter know to hold on?

Chorus:
D MajorD        A augmentedA
Nobody told me what I should do
     B minorBm             G+G
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
D MajorD         A augmentedA
How does an orphan find its way home?
G+G       A augmentedA      E MajorE
Reach out with no hand to hold
G+G     A augmentedA     B minorBm
How do I make it alone?


Verse 3:
B minorBm
What keeps a river runnin' that way?
E MajorE
Is it slave to the ocean, a wild runaway?
B minorBm                        G+G
Does it shed a tear, all who have drowned in its wake?
G+G       A augmentedA         B minorBm
What keeps a river runnin' that way?


Chorus:
D MajorD        A augmentedA
Nobody told me what I should do
     B minorBm             G+G
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
D MajorD         A augmentedA
How does an orphan find its way home?
G+G       A augmentedA      E MajorE
Reach out with no hand to hold
G+G     A augmentedA     B minorBm
How do I make it alone?

Instrumental:
E MajorE B minorBm  G+G  A augmentedA  B minorBm


Chorus:
D MajorD        A augmentedA
Nobody told me what I should do
     B minorBm             G+G
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
D MajorD         A augmentedA
How does an orphan find its way home?
G+G       A augmentedA      E MajorE
Reach out with no hand to hold
G+G     A augmentedA     B minorBm
How do I make it alone?


Outro:
B minorBm
How does a sparrow know more than I?
E MajorE
When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly