Orphan

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[Verse 1]
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She used to say she was an orphan, 
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never was exactly the truth
It’s just her mother got tired tired
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 of her hanging around
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So she wound up living in a home for
 girls
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A straight hair kid in a house full 
of curls
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A straight haired kid always 
   D
hanging around


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


[Verse 2]
D                                 
So the first chance she got she 
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said I do to a tall town boy who 
said me too
Honorable mention all district 
quarterback he said I’ll carry you 
A
away
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She left him drunk on a stool in a 
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county line bar going on about high 
school
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D                            
How he was a star she just got 
         A                     D
tired, tired of him hanging around


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


[Verse 3]
          G                        
She got a job at a Dairy Queen, had
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 two baby boys two more diamond 
rings
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The husbands they were brave but 
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she split that one horse town
         G                   
Just got tired all the people 
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hanging around split that one 
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horse town


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
D                                 
Well now she lives outside A  with
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 a broke down baseball player
        D                       
Used to play double A, religious 
                      A
man, never drinks or swears
          D
But she’s tired of all the talk 
about her getting saved
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Tired of all the talk about 
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revelation days
             A                   
She’s tired, tired of him hanging 
  D
around


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


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


[Other]
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