Orphans The Gaslight Anthem
Intro: Bm, G, Bm, G, D Asus4 (x2)
Verse 1:
[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] [Asus4]
[Bm]And whatever they left, [A]well, I kept it f[G]or my own heart
Chorus:
[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
Verse 2:
[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
Chorus:
[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
Bridge:
[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
Chorus:
[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
Outro:
[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
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