City Of Orphans
The Classic CrimeVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill
In a 300 square foot studio above a coffee shop near the Broadway Grill
And every night she walks the block to trade in her time for cheap thrills
And everyone she meets is cool, but just out of reach and it kills
She used to spend her nights by firelight and singing to the stars
Now shes ours
Kevin left from Denver where the air is clear and people are nice
And he traded it for sea level, for misty rain, what a bitter compromise
For now he felt like he belonged to those who understood him
But he sold his soul to fit right in and he watched his friends desert him
He used to spend his nights by candlelight and drinking wine to vinyl
Now hes ours
Its a city of orphans
Who had nowhere to go
So they cashed in their dreams
Headed northwest to the sea and they called it their home
But most dont belong here
Were all running away
And well drain you dry of all semblance of life
We dont give we just take, take, take
But this city has no Bible
Theres no meaning you can use
Were all desperately searching for truth
Were a city of orphans
Who had nowhere to go
So we cashed in our dreams, filled our glasses with Beam
and our bodies with smoke
and we spend every weeknight
trading pints at the Streamline
and we talk about truth and we talk about love but we wake up to lies, lies, lies
its a city of orphans
where did our fathers go
we stumble around in the bad part of town at the end of our rope
but there are no answers
on the tables of oak
if God could just hear us
we think that Hes near, but He left long ago
were a city of orphans
what do we do to ourselves?
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill
This is my first song to put up here. I'm not too sure on the 4 Fm's in the bridge
section, but it fits. I hope this works for you, Thanks!
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Readable chord sheet for City Of Orphans by The Classic Crime
[A] [E] [F#m] [D] [E] [A]Jenny left [E]from Idaho [F#m]and made her home [D]in Capitol Hill [E] [A]In a 300 sq[E]uare foot s[F#m]tudio above a coff[D]ee shop near the[E] Broadway Grill [A]And every n[E]ight she wa[F#m]lks the block to t[D]rade in her time[E] for cheap thrills [A]And everyon[E]e she meets[F#m] is cool, but just[D] out of reach an[E]d it kills [F#m]She used to spend her ni[D]ghts by fireligh[A]t and singing to [E]the stars [F#m]Now shes ours [E] [A]Kevin left [E]from Denver[F#m] where the air is [D]clear and people[E] are nice [A]And he trad[E]ed it for s[F#m]ea level, for mist[D]y rain, what a b[E]itter compromise [F#m]For now he felt like he [D]belonged to thos[A]e who understood [E]him [F#m]But he sold his soul to [D]fit right in and[A] he watched his f[E]riends desert him [F#m]He used to spend his nig[D]hts by candlelig[A]ht and drinking w[E]ine to vinyl [F#m]Now hes ours [E] Its a city of or[D]phans Who[A] had nowhere [E]to go So they cashed i[D]n their dreams Headed northwest[A] to the sea and they called it[E] their home But most dont be[D]long here Wer[A]e all running[E] away And well drain you dry o[D]f all semblance of [A]life We dont give we just take, ta[E]ke, take [F#m]But this city ha[F#m]s no Bible [F#m]Theres no meanin[F#m]g you can use Were all[D] desperately [E]searching for t[A]ruth Were a city of o[D]rphans Who[A] had nowhere [E]to go So we cashed in our [D]dreams, filled our glasses wit[A]h Beam and our bodies wi[E]th smoke and we spend ever[D]y weeknight tradin[A]g pints at th[E]e Streamline and we talk about t[D]ruth and we talk about[A] love but we w[E]ake up to lies, lies, lies its a city of or[D]phans whe[A]re did our fa[E]thers go we stumble aroun[D]d in the bad par[A]t of town at the end of ou[E]r rope but there are no[D] answers on [A]the tables of[E] oak if God could jus[D]t hear us we think that He[A]s near, but He left long a[E]go were a city of o[D]rphans what [A]do we do to o[E]urselves? We take all the [D]good and the heaven arou[A]nd us and turn it to hel[E]l We take all the [D]good and the heaven arou[A]nd us and turn it to hel[E]l We take all the [D]good and the heaven arou[A]nd us and turn it to hel[E]l [A]Jenny left [E]from Idaho [F#m]and made her home [D]in Capitol Hill [E] This is my first song to put up here. I'm not too sure on the 4 F section, but it fits. I hope this works for you, Thanks!