Song For Orphans chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD
D F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
G+G  A augmentedA D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4


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

Verse 2:
D MajorD              F# minorF#m     G+G      D MajorD
Well how many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust"
D MajorD            F# minorF#m    G+G    A augmentedA
And left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts
 B minorBm           A augmentedA         G+G        D MajorD
Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void
    G+G                A augmentedA          D MajorD
High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil

Chorus:
D MajorD      F# minorF#m   G+G      D MajorD    F# minorF#m    G+G
So break me now big Mama, as Old Faithful breaks the day
  D MajorD    F# minorF#m   G+G      D MajorD    F# minorF#m    G+G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
    B minorBm      A augmentedA        G+G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
  D MajorD       G+G          A augmentedA         D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

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

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

Chorus:
D MajorD      F# minorF#m   G+G      D MajorD    F# minorF#m    G+G
So break me now big Mama, as Old Faithful breaks the day
  D MajorD    F# minorF#m   G+G      D MajorD    F# minorF#m    G+G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
    B minorBm      A augmentedA        G+G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
  D MajorD       G+G          A augmentedA         D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Yeah!

Solo:
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD
D F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
G+G  A augmentedA D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4

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

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

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

Outro:
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD
D F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
G+G  A augmentedA D MajorD

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