Orphans
The Gaslight AnthemVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Goodbye circus wheel
May you rest along the sea
I have given you the fire of my youth
And the triumph o're my enemies
Goodbye fair weather home, and your faithless factories
I have given you the blood and the truth
from the wounds they laid onto me
And whatever they left, well, I kept it for my own heart
And the lonesome all understand
With the choirs in my head
And we were orphans before
We were ever the sons of regret
My baby
And on and on and on
the alphabet boys carry on
We were orphans before
We were ever the sons of these songs
And now my lights, they never go down
they waltz the moon and stars for me now
So you can find some local libertine
to take your daughters out on the town
And I can feel it in my aging bones
How the sound of the rain mixes up
into the fountains where I drank my hero's blood
So I left you to find my very own hat full of rain
And the lonesome all understand
With the choirs in my head
And we were orphans before
We were ever the sons of regret
My baby
And on and on and on
the alphabet boys carry on
We were orphans before
We were ever the sons of these songs
Now I'm trying to keep it straight
Learning all the streets and the alleyways
And learning where they lead
Now that I'm left alone here to drive
But it's so hard to stand on your own
Against mirror of glass, hard and cold
But the clothes I wore
Just don't fit my soul anymore
No the clothes I wore
Just don't fit my soul anymore
And the lonesome all understand
With the choirs in my head
And we were orphans before
We were ever the sons of regret
My baby
And on and on and on
the alphabet boys carry on
We were orphans before
We were ever the sons of these songs
When we were young
We were diamond Sinatras
Like something I saw in a dream
We kept our secrets in rooms
locked up tight like a tomb
Where the ballerinas lay
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Readable chord sheet for Orphans by The Gaslight Anthem
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [G] [D] [Asus4] [Bm]Goodbye circus wheel [G]May you rest along the sea [D]I have given you the fire of my youth [Asus4]And the triumph o're my enemies [Bm]Goodbye fair weather home, and your faithless factories [G]I have given you the blood and the truth [D]from the wounds they laid [Asus4]onto me [Bm]And whatever they left, [A]well, I kept it f[G]or my own heart [D]And the lonesome all understand [Asus4]With the choirs in my head [Bm]And we were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of regret [A]My baby [D]And on and on and on [Asus4]the alphabet boys carry on [Bm]We were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of these songs [Bm]And now my lights, they never go down [G]they waltz the moon and stars for me now [D]So you can find some local libertine [Asus4]to take your daughters out on the town [Bm]And I can feel it in my aging bones [G]How the sound of the rain mixes up [D]into the fountains where I drank my [Asus4]hero's blood [Bm]So I left you to f[A]ind my very[G] own hat full of rain [D]And the lonesome all understand [Asus4]With the choirs in my head [Bm]And we were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of regret [A]My baby [D]And on and on and on [Asus4]the alphabet boys carry on [Bm]We were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of these songs [F#m]Now I'm trying to keep it straight [Bm]Learning all the streets and the alleyways [G]And learning where they lead [D]Now that I'm left alone here to drive [F#m]But it's so hard to stand on your own [Bm]Against mirror of glass, hard and cold [D]But the clothes I wore [G]Just don't fit my soul anymore [D]No the clothes I wore [G]Just don't fit my soul anymore [D]And the lonesome all understand [Asus4]With the choirs in my head [Bm]And we were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of regret [A]My baby [D]And on and on and on [Asus4]the alphabet boys carry on [Bm]We were orphans before [G]We were ever the sons of these songs [D]When we were young [Bm]We were diamond Sinatras [G]Like something I saw in a dream [D]We kept our secrets in rooms [Bm]locked up tight like a tomb [G]Where the ballerinas lay