Orphan of the Road
Orphan of the Road

Orphan of the Road chords by Johnny Cash

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    From 
    a carnie 
    show 

    and 
    a 
    rodeo 
    that 
    shared 
    a 
    three 
    day 
    stand 

    A 
    cowboy 
    met 
    a 
    fiery 
    carnie 
    queen 

    In 
    new 
    spring 
    nights 
    amid 
    the 
    lights 

    of 
    the painted 
    car
    nie 
    van 

    They 
    laughed 
    and 
    loved 
    and 

    shared 
    shortlived 
    dreams 

    Verse 2
    But 
    the 
    carnie 
    show 
    and 
    the rodeo 

    went 
    their 
    seper
    ate 
    ways 

    And 
    the carnie 
    season 
    bloomed 

    and 
    soon 
    moved 
    on 

    And 
    I 
    was 
    born 
    on 
    a win
    ter 
    morn 

    to 
    the 
    dark 
    eyed 
    carnie 
    queen 

    The 
    too-late-son 
    of 
    of 
    of 
    something 

    that 
    was 
    gone 

    Verse 3
    The black 
    sheep 
    child 
    that 
    grew 
    up 
    wild 

    From 
    the 
    seed 
    the 
    four 

    winds 
    sowed 

    Unwanted 
    son 
    of 
    ice 
    and 
    fire 

    An 
    orphan 
    of 
    the 
    road 

    Verse 4

    I 
    was 
    still 
    a child 
    when 
    my 
    mama 
    died 

    Of 
    a chill 
    that 
    closed 
    her eyes 

    So 
    I 
    was 
    left 
    to 
    grow 
    up 
    on 
    my 
    own 

    Without 
    a name 
    too 
    wild 
    to tame 

    no 
    one 
    cared 
    to 
    try 

    So 
    mostly 
    I 
    was 
    mostly 
    left 
    alone 

    Verse 5

    In 
    dingy 
    bars 
    and 
    cold 

    boxcars hobo 
    jungle 
    camps 

    I 
    joined 
    the 
    men 
    who 
    drift 
    from 

    town 
    to 
    town 

    The surgin' 
    flood 
    of 
    rest
    less 

    blood 
    flowed 
    inside 
    my 
    veins 

    I'd 
    never 
    find 
    the 
    time 
    to 
    settle 
    down 

    Verse 6

    The 
    black 
    sheep 
    child 
    that 
    grew 
    up 
    wild 

    From 
    the 
    seed 
    the 
    four 

    winds 
    sowed 

    Unwanted 
    son 
    of 
    ice 
    and 
    fire 

    An 
    orphan 
    of 
    the 
    road 

    Verse 7

    In 
    the 
    misty 
    rain 
    I 
    caught 
    the 
    train 
    that 

    slowed 
    down 
    through 
    the town 

    And 
    I pulled 
    myself 
    in
    to 
    the 
    boxcar 
    door 

    In 
    a passing 
    light 
    in the 
    deep 
    grey 

    night 
    I 
    saw 
    the 
    still 
    dark 
    form 

    Of 
    an 
    old 
    man 
    lying 
    sick 

    upon 
    the 
    floor 

    Verse 8

    And he 
    said 
    I tried 
    to 
    find 
    her 
    but 

    they told 
    me 
    that 
    she'd 
    died 

    An
    d that 
    she'd 
    left 
    an 

    only 
    son 
    behind 

    And 
    I tried 
    to 
    find 
    him 
    but 
    I nev
    er 
    did 

    but 
    I 
    know 
    I could 
    rest 
    in 
    peace 

    If 
    I 
    could 
    just 
    see 
    him 
    once 
    before 
    I 
    die 

    Verse 9

    I 
    found 
    a match 
    and 
    I 
    quickly 
    scratched 

    it 
    into 
    a flick
    erin' 
    flame 

    Then 
    I 
    held 
    it close 
    and 

    I gently 
    raised 
    his 
    head 

    My 
    mother 
    sir 
    I 
    said 
    of 
    her 
    I 

    have 
    her 
    same 
    dark 
    eyes 

    He 
    smiled 
    a cowboy 
    smile 

    and then 
    was 
    dead 

    Verse 10
    The 
    black 
    sheep 
    child 
    that 
    grew 
    up 
    wild 

    From 
    the 
    seed 
    the four 

    winds 
    sowed 

    Unwanted 
    son 
    of 
    ice 
    and 
    fire 

    An 
    orphan 
    of 
    the 
    road 

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