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Capo on 3rd fret
Intro: Am G C D Am G Am
G C D Am G Am
Come all you broken hearted come and lay your burden down
G C D Am G Am
Come kings and queens, come royalty, surrender up your crown
G C D Am G Am
Come empty-handed, come with nothing of your own to claim
G C D Am G Am
Come naked, poor, come like a child, to ride the orphan train
D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
G D
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name
Am D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
C G Am
It'll take you all the way home
INTERLUDE: Am G C D Am G Am Am7
Am G C D Am G Am
The way is narrow, it is steep that brings you to the door
G C D Am G Am
But love awaits there to embrace your heart forevermore
D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
G D
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name
Am D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
C G Am
It'll take you all the way home
Instrumental: Am D G D Am D C G Am
Am G C D Am G Am
G C D Am G Am
Come you abandoned, you forsaken, friendless and alone
G C D Am G Am
Come refugees left homesick for some place you've never known
G C D Am G Am
Here princes, paupers, criminals and saints are all the same
G C D Am G Am
No more or less than god's beloved child aboard this train
D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
G D
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name
Am D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
C G Am
It'll take you all the way home
D
Ride, ride on the orphan train
G D
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name
Am D
Come ride, ride on the orphan train
C G Am
It'll take you all the way home
C G Am
It'll take you all the way home
C G Am
It's gonna take you all the way home
Written by Julie Miller