Rider On An Orphan Train chords by
Tom Russell

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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G

G

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Once I rode an orphan train

C

C

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and my brother did the same

G

G

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F

F

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they split us up in Missourri

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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James was five and I was three

Verse 2

C

C

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G

G

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He got taken by some parent

Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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but for me they did not care

F

F

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We were brave and did not cry

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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When they made us say goodbye

Verse 3

C

C

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F

F

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That was the last I saw of him

C

C

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G

G

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Before a family took me in

C

C

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F

F

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But I swore I'd run away

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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and find my brother, James, one day

Verse 4

C

C

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G

G

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I went back when I was grown

C

C

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to find our old childrens home

F

F

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and I asked for to see my file

C

C

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G

G

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of when I was an orphan child

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C

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Verse 5

G

G

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It's sad, they say, there's been a flood

file washed away in the Mis

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C

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sourri mud

F

F

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Sometimes life is a stonewall

C

C

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G

G

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either climb, or else you fall

C

C

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Verse 6

F

F

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In every town on every street

C

C

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G

G

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All the faces that I meet

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C

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F

F

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And I wonder, could one be

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C

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G

G

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My brother James, come back to me

C

C

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Verse 7

G

G

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No I don't know where he's gone

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C

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and I have searched my whole life long

F

F

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Now I roam from town to town

C

C

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G

G

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But there's no orphan

lost and found

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C

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Verse 8

F

F

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Sometimes I dream a pleasant sight

C

C

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G

G

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My brother James and I unite

C

C

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F

F

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Remembering our last goodbye

C

C

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G

G

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No longer brave, we start to cry

C

C

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Verse 9

F

F

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I hope he lives a life of ease

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C

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G

G

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and all his days a soft warm breeze

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C

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F

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And may he sit upon a throne

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C

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G

G

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And may he never sleep

Interlude 1

alone

C

C

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F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 10

C

C

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G

G

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Once I rode an orphan train

C

C

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And my brother did the same

C

C

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F

F

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We got off in Missourri

C

C

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G

G

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James was five and I was three

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