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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