The Orphan Chords

The Orphan Chords / Audio (Transposable):

 
Intro
Am G/B F Dm Am G/B C

Verse 1
Am                    G/B
Maybe I push when I'm meant to be still,
F                   Dm     C D
Maybe I take it all too personal.
Am      G/B            C
 Jesus, how to reconcile?
    Am                  G/B
The joyful noise, the ancient land,
      F                Dm      C D
The tug from some invisible hand,
    Am           
The dying mother 
G/B           D Gb             F G F
Weaving bulrushes along the Nile.

Chorus 1
C         G                 Am
Float her basket over the sea.
          F
Here on a barren shore
         G             C
We'll be waiting for a tailwind
      G                    Am
To carry her an  orphans cry.
          F                       G
Don't you worry, child, I wrote a lullaby.

Verse 2
  Am                      G/B
I try to settle, but I just pass through.
     F            Dm      C D      Am
A rain dog, a gypsy, a wand'ring Jew.
             G/B            C
All those homes were not ours.
       Am                  G/B
Then I slept one night in Abraham's field
    F                      Dm                Am
And dreamt there was no moon the night he died
G             D Gb   F G F
 Counting stars. Selah.

Bridge
Gsus G Am                 G
        Building you a home,
                  Am
Building you a home,
                  G  
Building you a home.
                        D Gb
We're building you a home.
    F
Selah.

Chorus 2
C         G                 Am
Float her basket over the sea,
          F
Here on a barren shore
         G             C
We'll be waiting for a tailwind
       G                 Am
To bring us your sweet cry.
          F
Don't you worry, child.
                     G
I'm gonna sing you a lullaby.

Ending
Gsus G Am G/B F Dm C D Am G/B C

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