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Orphans - The Gaslight Anthem
Standard tuning (EADGBe)
Tabbed by Manuel Nauert
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This is my first tab. It's not exactly how Brian Fallon plays it (e.g. he
tunes his guitar down two half steps), but it's the version I love to play on
my acoustic guitar and you can play it along with the CD.
Enjoy!
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Chords used:
C (x32010)
G6 (320030)
Am (x02210)
[F] [(133211)]
[G]Em [(355433)](022000)
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Intro: C, G6, Am, F, G6 (x2)
Verse 1:
[Am]Goodbye, circus wheel, may you [F]rest along the seas
I have [C]given you the fire of my youth and the [G6]triumph of my enemies
And [Am]goodbye, fair weather home and your [F]faithless factories
I have [C]given you the blood and the truth
from the [G6]wounds that they laid on me
And [Am]whatever they left, I [G6]kept it for my own [F]heart[G]
Chorus:
And the [C]lonesome understand with the [G6]choirs in my head
We were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons of [F]regret, my [G6]baby
[C]On and on and on, how the [G6]alphabet boys carry on
And we were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons in the [F]songs[C][C]
Verse 2:
And now my [Am]lights, they never go down
they waltz the [F]moon and the stars for me now
So you can [C]find some local libertine to take your [G6]daughters out on the town
And I can [Am]feel it in my aging bones, how the [F]sound of the rain mixes up
Into the [C]fountains where I drank my hero's [G6]blood
And so I [Am]left you to find my [G6]very own hat full of [F]rain[G]
Chorus:
And the [C]lonesome understand with the [G6]choirs in my head
We were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons of [F]regret, my [G6]baby
[C]On and on and on, how the [G6]alphabet boys carry on
And we were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons in the [F]songs[G6]
Bridge:
And now I'm [Em]trying to keep it straight
learning all the [Am]streets and the alleyways
And learning [F]where they lead now that I'm [C]left alone here to [G6]drive
But it's so [Em]hard to stand on your own against [Am]mirrored glass hot and cold
But the [Am]clothes I wore just don't [G6]fit my soul any[F]more[G6]
No, the [Am]clothes I wore just don't [G6]fit my soul any[F]more[G6]
Chorus:
And the [C]lonesome understand with the [G6]choirs in my head
We were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons of [F]regret, my [G6]baby
[C]On and on and on, how the [G6]alphabet boys carry on
And we were [Am]orphans before we were ever the sons in the [F]songs, my [G6]baby
When we were [C]young we were [G6]diamond Sinatras
Like [Am]something I saw in a [F]dream
We kept our [C]secrets and rules locked up [G6]tight like a tomb
Where the [Am]ballerinas [F]lay[G6][C]
