Orphan Of The Road Chords & Tabs
Capo 1st
G* = G in the 3rd position
Note:
Thumb plays everything on the beat and the half beat (1 & 2 & )
Fingers do everything else.
C F G
|----------------|----------0-----|1---------------|----------------|
|----------------|1-----3---------|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
|----------------|--0---------0---|------2-----2---|--0---2---------|
|----------------|----2-----------|----3-----------|----0-------0---|
|--------0---2---|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|
|----3-----------|----------------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
C G5
|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|1---------------|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|
|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
From a carnie show…
F D7 G5 F G
|--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------------|
|----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---0-----|
|--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
C G5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------1-----|----------1-----|1-----1---------|3---------3-----|
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|--0-------0-----|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
F D7 G5 F G
|--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----|
|----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------|
|--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
C G5
|----------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|1---------1-----|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|
|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
F D7 G5 F G
|--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----|
|----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------|
|--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
C G5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------1-----|----------1-----|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
|3---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
F D7 G5 F G
|--1-----2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------1-----|3---------3-----|------1---------|0---------0-----|
|----2-------2---|------0---------|2---------2-----|------2---------|
|--------0-------|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1---------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
C F G5
|----------0-----|----------------|------1---------|----------------|
|1---------------|1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|3-----3---------|
|------0---------|------0---------|----2-------2---|----------0-----|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----------------|----0-------0---|
|3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|
The black sheep...
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C F G*
|----------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1-----3---------|----------1-----|----------1-----|--1-------3-----|
|------------0---|2---------------|2---------------|2-----4---------|
|----3-----------|------3---------|------3---------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------5---|
|----------------|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|1-------3-------|
C F G* C
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------0-----|
|1---------1-----|----------1-----|----1-------3---|1---------------|
|------0---------|0-----0---------|2-------4-------|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----------------|----2-------2---|
|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----3-------5---|3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|1-------3-------|--------3-------|
|----------0-----|
|1---------------|
|------0---------|
|----2-------2---|
|3---------------|
|--------3-------|
C G5
From a carnie show and a rodeo
F D7 G5
That shared a three day stand
F G C
A cowboy met a firey carnie queen
C G5
In new spring nights amid the lights
F D7 G5
Of the painted carnie van
F G C
They laughed and loved and shared short lived dreams
C G5
But the carnie show and the rodeo
F D7 G5
Went their separate ways
F G C
And the carnie season bloomed and soon moved on
C G5
And I was born on a winter morn
F D7 G5
To the dark eyed carni queen
F G C
The too late son of something that was gone
F G5
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C F
From the seed the four winds sowed
G* C
Unwanted son of ice and fire
F G* C
An orphan of the road
C G5
I was still a child when my momma died
F D7 G5
From a chill that closed her eyes
F G C
So I was left to grow up on my own
C G5
Without a name too wild to tame
F D7 G5
No one cared to try
F G C
So mostly I was mostly left alone
C G5
In dingy bars and cold box cars
F D7 G5
Hobo jungle camps
F G C
I joined the men who drift from town to town
C G5
The surging flood of restless blood
F D7 G5
Flowed inside my veins
F G C
I’d never find the time to settle down
F G5
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C F
From the seed the four winds sowed
G* C
Unwanted son of ice and fire
F G* C
An orphan of the road
C G5
In the misty rain I caught the train
F D7 G5
That slowed down through the town
F G C
And I pulled myself into the box car door
C G5
In a passing light in the deep grey night
F D7 G5
I saw a still dark form
F G C
Of an old man lying sick upon the floor
C G5
And he said I tried to find her
F D7 G5
But they told me she had died
F G C
And that she’d left an only son behind
C G5
And I tried to find him but I never did
F D7 G5
And I know I could rest in peace
F G C
If I could just see him once before I died
C G5
I found a match and I quickly scratched it
F D7 G5
Into flickering flame
F G C
Then I held it close and I gently raised his head
C G5
My mother sir I said of her
F D7 G5
I have her same dark eyes
F G C
He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead
F G5
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C F
From the seed the four winds sowed
G* C
Unwanted son of ic and fire
F G* C
An orphan of the road
