Orphan of the Road - Johnny Cash Chords
Chords: C, G5, F, D7, G
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C G5
From a carnie show and a rodeo
F D7 G5
That shared a three day stand
F G C
A cowboy met a firey carnie queen
C G5
In new spring nights amid the lights
F D7 G5
Of the painted carnie van
F G C
They laughed and loved and shared short lived dreams
C G5
But the carnie show and the rodeo
F D7 G5
Went their separate ways
F G C
And the carnie season bloomed and soon moved on
C G5
And I was born on a winter morn
F D7 G5
To the dark eyed carni queen
F G C
The too late son of something that was gone
F G5
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C F
From the seed the four winds sowed
C G5
I was still a child when my momma died
F D7 G5
From a chill that closed her eyes
F G C
So I was left to grow up on my own
C G5
Without a name too wild to tame
F D7 G5
No one cared to try
F G C
So mostly I was mostly left alone
C G5
In dingy bars and cold box cars
F D7 G5
Hobo jungle camps
F G C
I joined the men who drift from town to town
C G5
The surging flood of restless blood
F D7 G5
Flowed inside my veins
F G C
I?d never find the time to settle down
F G5
The black sheep child that grew up wild
C F
From the seed the four winds sowed
C G5
In the misty rain I caught the train
F D7 G5
That slowed down through the town
F G C
And I pulled myself into the box car door
C G5
In a passing light in the deep grey night
F D7 G5
I saw a still dark form
F G C
Of an old man lying sick upon the floor
C G5
And he said I tried to find her
F D7 G5
But they told me she had died
F G C
And that she?d left an only son behind
C G5
And I tried to find him but I never did
F D7 G5
And I know I could rest in peace
F G C
If I could just see him once before I died
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