Song For Orphans chords by Bruce Springsteen (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D A G D A D

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interlude:
D A G D
D G A
Bm G D
G D G D

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

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

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

Outro:
D A G D
D A G A
Bm D G
D  G  D