Bruce Springsteen – Song For Orphans (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] D A G D A D [Verse 1]
D                            Em    A                F#m A
Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise

D                              G                      A
Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys

D                                 A
But time's grew thin and the axis was somehow incomplete

G                                D                  A  D A
And instead of child lions we found aging junkie sheep
[Verse 2]
D                                  A
How many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust"

G        D                 G             A
Left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts

 D                                         Em               A
Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void

 G                                         D                  A
High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil
[Chorus]
D                    G         D                    G
So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day

 D          A       G           D                    G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way

 Bm                                G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay

 D               G               D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
[Verse 3]
D                     A        G              D
The doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells

 D                         A       Em     G                  A
From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well

Bm             F#m                   G                 D
To every gypsy mystic hero that the kids might find a place

         G                D                     A
Who've been lost forever mama and papa on their weekends out in space
[Verse 4]
Bm                         A                G               D
Well sons they search for fathers, but the fathers are all gone

 D                         A              G                 A
The lost souls search for saviors, but saviors don't last long

 Bm                      F#m                 G                  D
Those aimless questless renegade brats who live their lives in song

 G                        D           F#m       D
They run the length of a candle, in a goodnight whisper they're gone
[Chorus]
D    A                G           D                   G
So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day

 D                  G         D                      G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way

 Bm                   D            G
The confederacy's in my name now, we'll hold the hounds at bay

 D                    G          D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
[Interlude] D A G D D G A Bm G D G D G D [Verse 5]
D                              A              G                D
Well the missions filled with hermits, they're looking for a friend

D                               A            G                 A
The terraces are filled with cat-men they're looking for a way in

  Bm                         F#m                G                D
Those orphans jumped on silver mountains lost in celestial alleyways

 D                   G                 D          A              D
They wait for that old tramp dog man Moses, he takes in all the strays
[Verse 6]
Bm                     D      A         G             D
Now don't you grow on empty legends or lonely cradle songs

D                                A                     G                  A
'Cause Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy who made a living twirling his guns

Bm                      F#m             G                 D
The night she's long and lanky and she speaks in a mother tongue

 G                D            A            D
She lullabies the refugees with amplifier's hum
[Chorus]
D                   G            D                 G
So break us now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day

D                     G          D                   G
Yeah, Believe me my sweet Linda, that help is on the way

Bm                     D           G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay

D                  G            D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Bm                        D             G
Yeah,the confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay

D                    G                                 D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
[Outro] D A G D D A G A Bm D G D G D