Orphan Of The Road Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash
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[VERSE]
From a [C]carny show and a [G]rodeo that [F]shared a [D]three-day [G]stand
A [F]cowboy met a [G]fiery carny [C]queen
In [C]new spring nights [G]amid the lights of the [F]painted [D]carny [G]van
They [F]laughed and loved and [G]shared short-lived [C]dreams
But the c[C]arny show and the [G]rodeo went their separa[F]te ways [D] [G]
And the [F]carny season [G]bloomed and soon moved [C]on
And [C]I was born on a [G]winter morn to the [F]dark-eyed [D]carny [G]queen
The [F]too-late son of [G]something that was [C]gone
The [F]black-sheep child that [G]grew up wild from the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire, an [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
[VERSE]
I [C]was still a child when my [G]mama died of a [F]chill that [D]closed her [G]eyes
So [F]I was left to [G]grow up on my [C]own
W[C]ithout a name, too [G]wild to tame. [F]No one [G]cared to [C]try
So [F]mostly I was [G]mostly left [C]alone
In [C]dingy bars and [G]cold boxcars, [F]hobo [D]jungle [G]camps
I j[F]oined the men who [G]drift from town to [C]town
The [C]surging flood of [G]restless blood [F]flowed in[G]side my [C]veins
I'd [F]never find the [G]time to settle [C]down
[REFRAIN]
The [F]black sheep child that [G]grew up wild From the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire An [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
[VERSE]
In the [C]misty rain, I [G]caught the train that [F]slowed down [G]through the [C]town
And I [F]pulled myself [G]into the boxcar [C]door
In a [C]passing light in the [G]deep gray night, I [F]saw the [G]still dark [C]form
Of an [F]old man lying [G]sick upon the [C]floor
And he s[C]aid "I tried to [G]find her, but they [F]told me [G]that she'd [C]died
And [F]that she'd [G]left an only son [C]behind
And I t[C]ried to find him, [G]but I never did, but I [F]know I could [G]rest in [C]peace
If I [F]could just [G]see him once before I [C]die
I f[C]ound a match and I [G]quickly scratched it [F]into a [G]flicker and [C]flame
Then [F]I held it c[G]lose and I gently[C] raised his head
My [C]mother, sir," I [G]said of her, "I [F]have her [G]same dark [C]eyes
He [F]smiled a cowboy [G]smile and then was [C]dead
[REFRAIN]
The [F]black sheep child that [G]grew up wild From the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire An [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
From a [C]carny show and a [G]rodeo that [F]shared a [D]three-day [G]stand
A [F]cowboy met a [G]fiery carny [C]queen
In [C]new spring nights [G]amid the lights of the [F]painted [D]carny [G]van
They [F]laughed and loved and [G]shared short-lived [C]dreams
But the c[C]arny show and the [G]rodeo went their separa[F]te ways [D] [G]
And the [F]carny season [G]bloomed and soon moved [C]on
And [C]I was born on a [G]winter morn to the [F]dark-eyed [D]carny [G]queen
The [F]too-late son of [G]something that was [C]gone
The [F]black-sheep child that [G]grew up wild from the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire, an [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
[VERSE]
I [C]was still a child when my [G]mama died of a [F]chill that [D]closed her [G]eyes
So [F]I was left to [G]grow up on my [C]own
W[C]ithout a name, too [G]wild to tame. [F]No one [G]cared to [C]try
So [F]mostly I was [G]mostly left [C]alone
In [C]dingy bars and [G]cold boxcars, [F]hobo [D]jungle [G]camps
I j[F]oined the men who [G]drift from town to [C]town
The [C]surging flood of [G]restless blood [F]flowed in[G]side my [C]veins
I'd [F]never find the [G]time to settle [C]down
[REFRAIN]
The [F]black sheep child that [G]grew up wild From the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire An [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
[VERSE]
In the [C]misty rain, I [G]caught the train that [F]slowed down [G]through the [C]town
And I [F]pulled myself [G]into the boxcar [C]door
In a [C]passing light in the [G]deep gray night, I [F]saw the [G]still dark [C]form
Of an [F]old man lying [G]sick upon the [C]floor
And he s[C]aid "I tried to [G]find her, but they [F]told me [G]that she'd [C]died
And [F]that she'd [G]left an only son [C]behind
And I t[C]ried to find him, [G]but I never did, but I [F]know I could [G]rest in [C]peace
If I [F]could just [G]see him once before I [C]die
I f[C]ound a match and I [G]quickly scratched it [F]into a [G]flicker and [C]flame
Then [F]I held it c[G]lose and I gently[C] raised his head
My [C]mother, sir," I [G]said of her, "I [F]have her [G]same dark [C]eyes
He [F]smiled a cowboy [G]smile and then was [C]dead
[REFRAIN]
The [F]black sheep child that [G]grew up wild From the [C]seed the four winds [F]sowed
Unwanted [G]son of [C]ice and fire An [F]orphan [G]of the [C]road
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