The Gaslight Anthem - Orphans

^BmGoodbye circus wheel ^GMay you rest along the sea ^DI have given you the fire of my youth ^Asus4And the triumph o're my enemies ^BmGoodbye fair weather home, and your faithless factories ^GI have given you the blood and the truth ^Dfrom the wounds they laid ^Asus4onto me ^BmAnd whatever they left, ^Awell, I kept it f^Gor my own heart

^DAnd the lonesome all understand ^Asus4With the choirs in my head ^BmAnd we were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of regret ^AMy baby ^DAnd on and on and on ^Asus4the alphabet boys carry on ^BmWe were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of these songs

^BmAnd now my lights, they never go down ^Gthey waltz the moon and stars for me now ^DSo you can find some local libertine ^Asus4to take your daughters out on the town ^BmAnd I can feel it in my aging bones ^GHow the sound of the rain mixes up ^Dinto the fountains where I drank my ^Asus4hero's blood ^BmSo I left you to f^Aind my very^G own hat full of rain

^DAnd the lonesome all understand ^Asus4With the choirs in my head ^BmAnd we were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of regret ^AMy baby ^DAnd on and on and on ^Asus4the alphabet boys carry on ^BmWe were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of these songs

^F#mNow I'm trying to keep it straight ^BmLearning all the streets and the alleyways ^GAnd learning where they lead ^DNow that I'm left alone here to drive ^F#mBut it's so hard to stand on your own ^BmAgainst mirror of glass, hard and cold ^DBut the clothes I wore ^GJust don't fit my soul anymore ^DNo the clothes I wore ^GJust don't fit my soul anymore

^DAnd the lonesome all understand ^Asus4With the choirs in my head ^BmAnd we were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of regret ^AMy baby ^DAnd on and on and on ^Asus4the alphabet boys carry on ^BmWe were orphans before ^GWe were ever the sons of these songs

^DWhen we were young ^BmWe were diamond Sinatras ^GLike something I saw in a dream ^DWe kept our secrets in rooms ^Bmlocked up tight like a tomb ^GWhere the ballerinas lay