WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Sam Baker - Orphan Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
D G D A
[Verse 1]
D G D
She used to say she was an orphan, never was exactly the truth
A
It’s just her mother got tired tired of her hanging around
D
So she wound up living in a home for girls
G D
A straight hair kid in a house full of curls
A D
A straight haired kid always hanging around
[Chorus]
D G D
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
A D
She’s coming for to carry me home
[Verse 2]
D G D
So the first chance she got she said I do to a tall town boy who said me too
A
Honorable mention all district quarterback he said I’ll carry you away
D G
She left him drunk on a stool in a county line bar going on about high school
D A D
How he was a star she just got tired, tired of him hanging around
[Chorus]
D G D
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
A D
She’s coming for to carry me home
[Verse 3]
G D
She got a job at a Dairy Queen, had two baby boys two more diamond rings
A D
The husbands they were brave but she split that one horse town
G D A D
Just got tired all the people hanging around split that one horse town
[Instrumental]
D G D A
[Verse 4]
D G
Well now she lives outside LA with a broke down baseball player
D A
Used to play double A, religious man, never drinks or swears
D
But she’s tired of all the talk about her getting saved
G D
Tired of all the talk about revelation days
A D
She’s tired, tired of him hanging around
[Chorus]
D G D
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
A D
She’s coming for to carry me home
[Chorus]
D G D
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot
A D
She’s coming for to carry me home
[Outro]
D G D
A D