Chords for Orphan Train - Dry Branch Fire Squad

_ This is a test.
Okay, it's called Orphan Train.
It's the Dry Brandt Fire Squad on the Wood Songs [A] Old Time Radio. _
_ _ [Bb] The song is by Utah Phillips.
I'm going to play it here on Tex Ritter's old guitar. _
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[C] _ _ [F] _ _ Once I had a darling mother, [C] but I can't recall her name.
I had a baby brother who [F] I'll never see again.
For the children's homies sending [Bb] us out on the orphan [F] train.
Try and find [C] someone to take [F] us in.
Take us in.
We have brought the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
[F] Take us in.
[Bb] Oh, won't you be our kin.
[F] We are looking [C] for someone [F] to take us in.
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I have stolen from the poor box.
[C] I've begged the city streets.
I've swamped bars and poolings [F] for a little bite.
I've got to eat in my daddy's old green jacket.
And [Bb] these rags upon my feet.
I'm just looking for [C] someone to [F] take me in.
_ Take us in.
We have brought the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
Take us [F] in.
[Bb] Oh, won't you be our kin.
[F] We are looking [C] for someone to [F] take us in. _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ Now the children's home, they gathered [C] us, me and all the rest.
They taught us to sit quietly [F] until the food was blessed.
And they put us on the orphan [Bb] train, sent us way out [F] west.
Try and [C] find someone [F] to take us in. _
Take us in.
We have brought the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
[F] Take us in.
Oh, [Bb] won't you be our kin.
[F] We are looking [C] for someone [F] to take us in. _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [F] _ _ All the farmers and their families [C] that came from miles around.
We lined up on the platform at the station in each town.
And one by one we parted like [Bb] some living lost and [F] found.
And one by [C] one we all were [F] taken in.
_ Take us in.
We have brought the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
[F] Take us in.
Oh, [Bb] won't you be our kin.
We are looking [C] for someone [F] to take us in.
_ Now there's many a fine doctor or [C] teacher in your school.
There's many a good preacher who can teach the golden rule.
Who started out an orphan sleeping [Bb] in the freezing rain.
Whose life [C] began out on [F] the orphan train.
_ Take us in.
We have a road, the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
[F] Take us in.
[Bb] Oh, won't you be our kin.
[F] We are looking [C] for someone [F] to take us in.
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Take us [F] in.
We have a road, the orphan train.
[C] Take us in.
We need a home.
We need a name.
[F] Take us _ in.
[Bb] Won't you be our kin, [F] we are looking [C] for someone to [F] take us in. _ _ _ _