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Orphan of the Road chords by 
Johnny Cash 
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Key: Ab major•BPM: 176
Intro 1
G
Am
C
F
G
C
Verse 1
C
From a carnie show
G
F
D
G
and a rodeo that shared a three day stand
F
G
C
A cowboy met a fiery carnie queen
G
In new spring nights amid the lights
F
D
G
of the painted carnie van
F
They laughed and loved and
G
C
shared shortlived dreams
Verse 2
C
G
But the carnie show and the rodeo
F
D
G
went their seperate ways
F
G
And the carnie season bloomed
C
and soon moved on
G
And I was born on a winter morn
F
D
G
to the dark eyed carnie queen
F
G
The too-late-son of of of something
C
that was gone
Verse 3
F
G
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C
From the seed the four
F
winds sowed
C
Unwanted son of ice and fire
F
An orphan of the road
C
Verse 4
G
I was still a child when my mama died
F
D
G
Of a chill that closed her eyes
F
G
C
So I was left to grow up on my own
G
Without a name too wild to tame
F
D
G
no one cared to try
F
G
So mostly I was mostly left alone
C
Verse 5
G
In dingy bars and cold
F
D
G
boxcars hobo jungle camps
F
G
I joined the men who drift from
C
town to town
G
The surgin' flood of restless
D
G
blood flowed inside my veins
F
G
I'd never find the time to settle down
C
Verse 6
F
G
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C
From the seed the four
F
winds sowed
C
Unwanted son of ice and fire
F
An orphan of the road
C
Verse 7
G
In the misty rain I caught the train that
F
D
G
slowed down through the town
F
G
C
And I pulled myself into the boxcar door
G
In a passing light in the deep grey
D
G
night I saw the still dark form
F
Of an old man lying sick
G
upon the floor
C
Verse 8
G
And he said I tried to find her but
D
G
they told me that she'd died
F
And that she'd left an
G
C
only son behind
G
And I tried to find him but I never did
D
G
but I know I could rest in peace
F
G
If I could just see him once before I die
C
Verse 9
G
I found a match and I quickly scratched
F
D
G
it into a flickerin' flame
F
Then I held it close and
G
C
I gently raised his head
G
My mother sir I said of her I
F
D
G
have her same dark eyes
F
He smiled a cowboy smile
G
D
C
and then was dead
Verse 10
F
G
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C
From the seed the four
F
winds sowed
C
Unwanted son of ice and fire
F
An orphan of the road
Outro 1
C
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