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Orphan Histories

Key: E

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
      Em  D(x2) 
Verse
 Em                                                     D 
We wipe the chaff from our hands
                                                   Em 
And the sweat off of our brows
                                                         D 
We mourn the old setting sun
                                           Em 
And our empty bank accounts
                                                         D                                             Em 
For all the damages we've done in the service of a dream
                       D                               C 
They say, baby, you'll pay dearly
Interlude
 Em  D(x2) 
Verse
 Em                                                     D 
Oh how these roads make us old
                                                       Em 
And the sunrise makes us quake
                                                                 D 
We live for scant scraps of hope
                                           Em 
Laid along the interstate
                                                     D                                                         Em 
Of all the places we'll go, we'll wind up memory and debris
                               D                                     C 
And I'll say, kid, you're coming with me
 G                         G/F#                 Em                               D                   C       D 
I'll close my eyes and pretend to pray that rain never ends
 G                         G/F#                 Em                     D                 C         D 
But when the oceans dry up, I'll know enough is enough
           C                 D 
And I'll sing softly
Interlude
 Em  D(x2) 
Verse
 Em                                                             D 
We'll take the last thing we know
                                                     Em 
And we'll let it run our lives
                                                               D 
Serenade the devil with those songs
                                             Em 
We've sang too many times
                                                                 D                                                         Em 
That just blow by and leave us numb with the thrill of our defeat
                               D                     C 
I'll keep the habit if it kills me
 G                         G/F#                 Em                               D                   C       D 
I'll close my eyes and pretend to pray that rain never ends
 G                         G/F#                 Em                     D                 C         D 
But when the oceans dry up, I'll know enough is enough
           C                 D 
And I'll sing softly
 G                       G/F#             Em       D 
I guess I'll see you around
           C                 D 
And I'll sing softly
 G                       G/F#             Em       D                 C         D 
I guess I'll see you around, see you around
Interlude
 C  G  DEm 
Outro
 C         G 
Holy ghost
                 D                                   Em         D 
Let us live until we're forgotten
 C               G 
Hold me close
                 D                                     Em       D 
To the floors of masterless oceans
 C         G 
Holy ghost
                 D                                     Em       D 
To the souls of motherless orphans
 C               G 
Hold me close
                   D                                                       Em           D   C 
Til our histories lay still in their coffins