Song For Orphans chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

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

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 1:
D MajorD              E minorEm  A augmentedA        F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise
D MajorD               G+G           A augmentedA
Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
But time's grew thin and the axis was somehow incomplete
G+G                D MajorD         A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
And instead of child lions we found aging junkie sheep

Verse 2:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
How many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust"
G+G    D MajorD         G+G       A augmentedA
Left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts
 D MajorD                     E minorEm        A augmentedA
Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void
 G+G                     D MajorD         A augmentedA
High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G     D MajorD          G+G
So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day
 D MajorD     A augmentedA    G+G      D MajorD          G+G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
 B minorBm                G+G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
 D MajorD        G+G        D MajorD
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Verse 3:
D MajorD           A augmentedA    G+G       D MajorD
The doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells
 D MajorD             A augmentedA    E minorEm   G+G         A augmentedA
From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well
B minorBm       F# minorF#m          G+G         D MajorD
To every gypsy mystic hero that the kids might find a place
     G+G        D MajorD           A augmentedA
Who've been lost forever mama and papa on their weekends out in space

Verse 4:
B minorBm             A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD
Well sons they search for fathers, but the fathers are all gone
 D MajorD             A augmentedA       G+G         A augmentedA
The lost souls search for saviors, but saviors don't last long
 B minorBm           F# minorF#m         G+G         D MajorD
Those aimless questless renegade brats who live their lives in song
 G+G            D MajorD      F# minorF#m    D MajorD
They run the length of a candle, in a goodnight whisper they're gone

Chorus:
D MajorD  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD          G+G
So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day
 D MajorD         G+G     D MajorD           G+G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
 B minorBm          D MajorD      G+G
The confederacy's in my name now, we'll hold the hounds at bay
 D MajorD          G+G     D MajorD
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Interlude:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
D G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD

Verse 5:
D MajorD               A augmentedA       G+G        D MajorD
Well the missions filled with hermits, they're looking for a friend
D MajorD                A augmentedA      G+G         A augmentedA
The terraces are filled with cat-men they're looking for a way in
 B minorBm             F# minorF#m        G+G        D MajorD
Those orphans jumped on silver mountains lost in celestial alleyways
 D MajorD          G+G         D MajorD     A augmentedA       D MajorD
They wait for that old tramp dog man Moses, he takes in all the strays

Verse 6:
B minorBm           D MajorD   A augmentedA     G+G       D MajorD
Now don't you grow on empty 🏷Legends or lonely cradle songs
D MajorD                A augmentedA           G+G         A augmentedA
'Cause Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy who made a living twirling his guns
B minorBm           F# minorF#m       G+G         D MajorD
The night she's long and lanky and she speaks in a mother tongue
 G+G        D MajorD      A augmentedA      D MajorD
She lullabies the refugees with amplifier's hum

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G      D MajorD         G+G
So break us now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day
D MajorD           G+G     D MajorD          G+G
Yeah, Believe me my sweet Linda, that help is on the way
B minorBm           D MajorD      G+G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
D MajorD         G+G      D MajorD
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
B minorBm            D MajorD       G+G
Yeah,the confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
D MajorD          G+G                 D MajorD
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm D MajorD G+G
D MajorD G+G D MajorD

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