C G7 A # # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # # #Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 03:40:48 +0000 (GMT) #From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) #Subject: CRD: Orphan Girl Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics # #Emmylou Harris Orphan Girl written by Gillian Welch # #Daniel Lanois mandolin/dulcimer #Malcolm Burn tambourine #Larry Mullen Jr hand drum #Tony Hall stick drum #Darul Johnson harmony vocal # A E I am a orphan on God's highway A D But I'll share my troubles if you go my way A E A I have no mother no father no sister D A E A No brother I am an orphan girl A E I have had friendships pure and golden A D But the ties of kinship I had not known them A E A I know no mother no father no sister D A E A No brother I am an orphan girl SOLO A E But when he calls me I will be Able A D To meet my family at God's table A E A I'll meet my mother my father my sister D A E A My brother no more an orphan girl A E Blessed savior make me willing A D And walk beside me until I'm with them A E A Be my mother my father my sister D A E A My brother I am an orphan girl A E A Be my mother my father my sister D A E A My brother I am an orphan girl E A I am an orphan girl >From The Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" CD Asylum Records 1995 1994 Irving Music Inc (BMI)