• Song:

    The Orphan

  • Artist:

    Newsboys

  • Album:

    Double Take - Newsboys

A5   G5  F5    D5
A5   G5  C5

A5                  G5
Maybe I push when I meant to be still
F5                   D5
Maybe I take it all too personal
A5         G5          C5
    Jesus, how to reconcile
    A5                G5
The joyful noise, the ancient land
       F5                D5
The tug from some invisible hand
    A5           G5            D5
The dying mother weaving bulrushes
          F5
Along the Nile

C5         G5             A5
Float her basket over the sea
          F5                      G5
Here on a barren shore, we'll be waiting for
  C5           G5                A5
A tailwind to carry her orphan's cry
          F5                      G5
Don't you worry child, I wrote a lullaby

  A5                   G5
I try to settle, but I just pass through
     F5        D5                A5
A rain dog, a gypsy, a wandering Jew
          G5             C5
All those homes where not ours
       A5                 G5
Then I slept one night in Abraham's field
    F5                   D5               A5     G5
And dreamt there was no moon the night he died
         F5
Counting stars, Selah
 
Chorus to Bridge: G

A5                 G5                    A5
    Building you a home, building you a home
               G5                          D5   F5
Building you a home, we're Building you a home, Selah

C5         G5             A5
Float her basket over the sea
          F5                      G5
Here on a barren shore, we'll be waiting for
  C5           G5                A5
A tailwind to carry her orphan's cry
          F5                      G5
Don't you worry child, I wrote a lullaby
C5         G5             A5
Float her basket over the sea
          F5                      G5
Here on a barren shore, we'll be waiting for
  C5           G5                 A5
A tailwind to bring us your sweet cry
          F5                                 G5
Don't you worry child, I'm gonna sing you a lullaby

End:
A5   G5  F5    D5
A5   G5  C5
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