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Bruised Orange

John Prine
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
   My heart's in the ice house
 2) I've been brought down to zero
  come hill or come valley
 2) pulled out and put back there
   like a long ago Sunday
 2) I sat on a park bench
  when I walked through the alley
 2) kissed the girl with the black hair
   on a cold winters morning
 2) and my head shouted down
   to the church house
 2) to my heart
   just to shovel some snow
 2) you better look out below
  I heard sirens on the train tracks
 2) Well it ain't such a long drop
  howl naked , gettin nuder
 2) don't stammer, don't studder
   an alter boy had been hit
 2) from the diamonds in the sidewalk
  by a local comuter
 2) to the dirt in the gutter
   just from walking with his back turned
 2) you'll be carrying those bruises
   to a train
 2) to remind you
   that was  coming so slow
 2) wherever you go
  (CHORUS)
   You can gaze out the window
  get mad and get madder
   throw your hands in the air
  and say what does it matter
   but it don't do no good
   to get angry
   so help  me I know
   for a heart stained with anger
  grows weak and grows bitter
   you become your own prisoner
  as you watch yourself sit there
   wrapped up in a trap
   of your very own
   chain of sorrow
 3) (Repeat first verse and chorus)

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Readable chord sheet for Bruised Orange by John Prine

[G]  My heart's in the ice house
2) I've been brought down to zero

   come hill or come valley
2) pulled out and put back there

 [C]  like a long ago Sunday
2) I sat on a park bench

   when I walked through the alley
2) kissed the girl with the black hair

 [G]  on a cold winters morning
2) and my head shouted down

 [D]  to the church house
2) to my heart

 [G]  just to shovel some snow
2) you better look out below

   I heard sirens on the train tracks
2) Well it ain't such a long drop

   howl naked , gettin nuder
2) don't stammer, don't studder

 [C]  an alter boy had been hit
2) from the diamonds in the sidewalk

   by a local comuter
2) to the dirt in the gutter

 [G]  just from walking with his back turned
2) you'll be carrying those bruises

 [D]  to a train
2) to remind you

 [G]  that [G7]was coming so slow
2) wherever you go

   (CHORUS)

 [C]  You can gaze out the window

   get mad and get madder

 [G]  throw your hands in the air

   and say what does it matter

 [D]  but it don't do no good

 [C]  to get angry

 [G]  so hel[G7]p me I know

 [C]  for a heart stained with anger

   grows weak and grows bitter

 [G]  you become your own prisoner

   as you watch yourself sit there

 [D]  wrapped up in a trap

 [C]  of your very own

 [G]  chain of sorrow

3) (Repeat first verse and chorus)

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