Orphan of the Road chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
From a carnie (C major) show
and a (G major) rodeo that shared (F major) a (D major) three day stand (G major)
A (F major) cowboy met a fiery (G major) carnie queen (C major)
In new spring nights amid (G major) the lights
of the painted (F major) car (D major) nie van (G major)
They laughed (F major) and loved and
shared (G major) shortlived (C major) dreams
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Verse 2
But the carnie (C major) show and the rodeo (G major)
went (F major) their seper (D major) ate ways (G major)
And the carnie (F major) season bloomed (G major)
and soon moved (C major) on
And I was born on a win (G major) ter morn
to the dark (F major) eyed carnie (D major) queen (G major)
The (F major) too-late-son of of of something (G major)
that was (C major) gone
Verse 3
The black (F major) sheep child that (G major) grew up wild
From the (C major) seed the four
winds sowed (F major)
Unwanted son of ice (C major) and fire
An (F major) orphan of the road
(C major)
Verse 4
I was still a child when my (G major) mama died
Of a chill (F major) (D major) that closed (G major) her eyes
So (F major) I was left to grow (G major) up on my (C major) own
Without a name too wild (G major) to tame
no (F major) one cared (D major) to try (G major)
So (F major) mostly I was mostly (G major) left alone
(C major)
Verse 5
In dingy bars and cold (G major)
(F major) boxcars hobo jungle (D major) camps (G major)
I joined (F major) the men who drift (G major) from
town to town (C major)
The surgin' flood of rest (G major) less
blood flowed (D major) inside my veins (G major)
I'd (F major) never find the time (G major) to settle down
(C major)
Verse 6
The black (F major) sheep child that (G major) grew up wild
From the (C major) seed the four
winds sowed (F major)
Unwanted son of ice (C major) and fire
An (F major) orphan of the road
(C major)
Verse 7
In the misty rain I caught (G major) the train that
slowed (F major) down through (D major) the town (G major)
And I pulled (F major) myself in (G major) to the boxcar (C major) door
In a passing light in the deep (G major) grey
night I (D major) saw the still dark (G major) form
Of an (F major) old man lying sick
(G major) upon the floor
(C major)
Verse 8
And he said I tried to (G major) find her but
they told (D major) me that she'd (G major) died
An (F major) d that she'd left an
(G major) only son behind (C major)
And I tried to find him but I nev (G major) er did
but I (D major) know I could rest in peace (G major)
If I (F major) could just see him once (G major) before I die
(C major)
Verse 9
I found a match and I quickly (G major) scratched
it (F major) into a flick (D major) erin' flame (G major)
Then I (F major) held it close and
I gently (G major) raised his (C major) head
My mother sir I said (G major) of her I
(F major) have her same (D major) dark (G major) eyes
He smiled (F major) a cowboy smile
(G major) and then (D major) was (C major) dead
Verse 10
The (F major) black sheep child that (G major) grew up wild
From the (C major) seed the four
winds sowed (F major)
Unwanted son of ice (C major) and fire
An (F major) orphan of the road
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(C major)
Orphan of the Road
Johnny Cash
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