Orphan of the Road chords by
Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

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Bbm

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Verse 1
Db Db 4
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From a carnie show
Ab Ab 4
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Gb Gb 2
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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and a rodeo that shared a three day stand
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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A cowboy met a fiery carnie queen
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In new spring nights amid the lights
Gb Gb 2
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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of the painted car nie van
Gb Gb 2
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They laughed and loved and
Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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shared shortlived dreams

Verse 2
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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But the carnie show and the rodeo
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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went their seperate ways
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Ab Ab 4
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And the carnie season bloomed
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and soon moved on
Ab Ab 4
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And I was born on a winter morn
Gb Gb 2
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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to the dark eyed carnie queen
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Ab Ab 4
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The too-late-son of of of something
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that was gone

Verse 3
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four
Gb Gb 2
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winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
Db Db 4
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Verse 4
Ab Ab 4
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I was still a child when my mama died
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Of a chill that closed her eyes
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Ab Ab 4
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So I   was left to grow up on my own
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Without a name too wild to tame
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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no  one cared to try
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Ab Ab 4
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So mostly I was mostly left alone
Db Db 4
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Verse 5
Ab Ab 4
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In dingy bars and cold
Gb Gb 2
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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boxcars hobo jungle camps
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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I joined the men who drift from
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town to town
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The surgin' flood of restless
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Ab Ab 4
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blood flowed inside my veins
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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I'd never find the time to settle down
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Verse 6
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four
Gb Gb 2
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winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
Db Db 4
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Verse 7
Ab Ab 4
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In the misty rain I caught the train that
Gb Gb 2
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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slowed down through the town
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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And I pulled myself into  the boxcar door
Ab Ab 4
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In a passing light in the deep grey
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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night I saw the still dark form
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Of an old man lying sick
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upon the floor
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Verse 8
Ab Ab 4
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And he said I tried to find her but
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Ab Ab 4
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they told me that she'd died
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And that she'd left an
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Db Db 4
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only son behind
Ab Ab 4
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And I tried to find him but I never  did
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Ab Ab 4
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but I know I could rest in peace
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Ab Ab 4
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If I could just see him once before I die
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Verse 9
Ab Ab 4
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I found a match and I quickly scratched
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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it into a flickerin' flame
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Then I held it close and
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Db Db 4
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I gently raised his head
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My mother sir I said of her I
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Ab Ab 4
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have her same dark eyes
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He smiled a cowboy smile
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Eb Eb 6
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Db Db 4
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and then was dead

Verse 10
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four
Gb Gb 2
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winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
Gb Gb 2
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An orphan of the road

Outro 1

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