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When I Was An Orphan

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[Verse 1]
EI can see your face
Call it Dbreaking me alright
APretty soon your heart will be Dgone
EYou can have the best of me
DI'll just take the rest of me
AWhy are we growing aDpart
AmRipping out the guts
where there's something to save
Can you Etake more, Dtake more Aall I've Dasked for
Can you Emake sure, Dmake sure AI come Dafter
AmPassin' out your plastic that
couldn't care couldn't care
AmTell your turn and back that
I'll trade you for no one
[Chorus 1]
CWhen I was an orphan and yDou were a crow
CI couldn't believe you were Dsayin' it so
CI held out my arms like Dlove for such a Emlaugh
COhhh I follow forgiveness Dback to the sun
CIf you and I were the Donly ones to Bstay
Well how is it supposed to be now?
[Verse 2]
EI can see the bones of inDdifference, it's sickening
Asticking through the side of the Dfool I became
EAnother photograph to Dkiss me in the morning
Now Acan I call you back you don't Dtreat me the same
Can you fEake more, fDake more cAhildish lDaughter
Can you mEake sure, mDake sure AI come Dafter
AmLipstick on the glass left to figure out, figure out
Patch your pretty promise, it's the gift that you gave
[Chorus 2]
CWhen you were a daughter and DI was the sky
CI never remembered fDeelin' so bad
You pCulled my hair and I smDashed your telephEmone
Oh, you're sCet in your ways, now chDange for me
And I sCaid it so clear, still you Ddidn't agree
You just lCeft it to chance as if sDome way it's free
and it fBailed
How is it supposed to be nEmow?
Starting a sentence is getting us nowhere
Heart from the hope that you held in your hand
Starting a sentence is getting us nowhere
Heart from the hope that you held in your hand
TEake more, tDake more aAll I've aDsked for
Can you Emake sure, Dmake sure AI come Dafter
Can you Etake more, Dtake more Aall I've Dasked for
Can you Emake sure, Dmake sure AI come Dafter

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When I Was An Orphan

by The Parlor Mob

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Verse 1]

I can see your face

Call it breaking me alright

A D

Pretty soon your heart will be gone

You can have the best of me

I'll just take the rest of me

A D

Why are we growing apart

Ripping out the guts

where there's something to save

E D A D

Can you take more, take more all I've asked for

E D A D

Can you make sure, make sure I come after

Passin' out your plastic that

couldn't care couldn't care

Tell your turn and back that

I'll trade you for no one

[Chorus 1]

C D

When I was an orphan and you were a crow

C D

I couldn't believe you were sayin' it so

C D Em

I held out my arms like love for such a laugh

C D

Ohhh I follow forgiveness back to the sun

C D B

If you and I were the only ones to stay

Well how is it supposed to be now?

[Verse 2]

E D

I can see the bones of indifference, it's sickening

A D

sticking through the side of the fool I became

E D

Another photograph to kiss me in the morning

A D

Now can I call you back you don't treat me the same

E D A D

Can you fake more, fake more childish laughter

E D A D

Can you make sure, make sure I come after

Lipstick on the glass left to figure out, figure out

Patch your pretty promise, it's the gift that you gave

[Chorus 2]

C D

When you were a daughter and I was the sky

C D

I never remembered feelin' so bad

C D Em

You pulled my hair and I smashed your telephone

C D

Oh, you're set in your ways, now change for me

C D

And I said it so clear, still you didn't agree

C D

You just left it to chance as if some way it's free

and it failed

How is it supposed to be now?

Starting a sentence is getting us nowhere

Heart from the hope that you held in your hand

Starting a sentence is getting us nowhere

Heart from the hope that you held in your hand

E D A D

Take more, take more all I've asked for

E D A D

Can you make sure, make sure I come after

E D A D

Can you take more, take more all I've asked for

E D A D

Can you make sure, make sure I come after

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