Orphan

D# G# D# A# 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 D# G# D# She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot A# D# She’s coming for to carry me home 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 D# G# D# She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot A# D# She’s coming for to carry me home 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 D#      G#          D#          A# 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 D# G# D# She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot A# D# She’s coming for to carry me home D# G# D# She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot A# D# She’s coming for to carry me home D# G# D# A# D#