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Rider On An Orphan Train chords by
Tom Russell
Tom Russell

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Verse 1
C
G

Once I rode an orphan train
C

and my brother did the same
G
F

they split us up in Missourri
C
G
C

James was five and I was three
Verse 2
C
G

He got taken by some parent
Em
G
C

but for me they did not care
F

We were brave and did not cry
C
G
C

When they made us say goodbye
Verse 3
C
F

That was the last I saw of him
C
G

Before a family took me in
C
F

But I swore I'd run away
C
G
C

and find my brother, James, one day
Verse 4
C
G

I went back when I was grown
C

to find our old childrens home
F

and I asked for to see my file
C
G

of when I was an orphan child
C
Verse 5

G

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

file washed away in the Mis
C

sourri mud
F

Sometimes life is a stonewall
C
G

either climb, or else you fall
C
Verse 6

F

In every town on every street
C
G

All the faces that I meet
C
F

And I wonder, could one be
C
G

My brother James, come back to me
C
Verse 7

G

No I don't know where he's gone
C

and I have searched my whole life long
F

Now I roam from town to town
C
G

But there's no orphan

lost and found
C
Verse 8

F

Sometimes I dream a pleasant sight
C
G

My brother James and I unite
C
F

Remembering our last goodbye
C
G

No longer brave, we start to cry
C
Verse 9

F

I hope he lives a life of ease
C
G

and all his days a soft warm breeze
C
F

And may he sit upon a throne
C
G

And may he never sleep
Interlude 1

alone
C
F
C
G
C

Verse 10
C
G

Once I rode an orphan train
C

And my brother did the same
C
F

We got off in Missourri
C
G

James was five and I was three

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