Orphan Girl

Gillian Welch, 1995· Songs Well-Known in America · p.249

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C G

I am an orphan, on God’s highway

C F

But I’ll share my troubles, if you go my way

C G C F

I have no mother, no father, no sister, no brother

C G C

I am an orphan girl

I have had friendships, pure and golden

But the ties of kinship, I have not known them

I know no mother, no father, no sister, no brother

I am an orphan girl

(Solo 1)

But when he calls me, I will be able

To meet my family, at God’s table

I’ll meet my mother, my father, my sister, my brother

No more an orphan girl

(Solo 2)

Blessed savior, make me willing

And walk beside me, until I’m with them

Be my mother, my father, my sister, my brother

I am an orphan girl