Orphan chords by Ashley Monroe

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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


Verse 2:
Bm
How does the winter know to hold on
E

When it's scared of its shadow and flowers are gone?
Bm                                                       G
The leaves all lay sleepin', prayin' to hear spring-time songs
G             A                  Bm
How does the winter know to hold on?


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


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


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


Instrumental:
E  Bm   G    A    Bm


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


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