Bruised Orange Chords

Bruised Orange
By: John Prine
 
Capo on 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
G
 
[Verse 1]
   G
My heart's in the ice house come hill or come valley
       C
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
     G                            D7
On a cold winter's morning to the church house
                    G
Just to shovel some snow
 
[Verse 2]
        G
I heard sirens on the train tracks, howl naked, gettin nuder
   C
An alter boy has been hit by a local commuter
          G
Just from walking with his back turned
     D7                       G    G7
To a train that was coming so slow
 
[Chorus]
        C
You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder
           G
Throw your hands in the air and say what does it matter
       D7                                         G    G7
But it don't do no good to get angry so help me I know
      C
For a heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter
       G
You'll become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
        D7                                       G
Wrapped up in a trap of your very own chain of sorrow
 
[Instrumental]
G   C   G  D7  G
 
[Verse 3]
          G
I've been brought down to zero pulled out and put back there
  C
I sat on a park bench kissed the girl with the black hair
       G                       D7                          G
And my head shouted down to my heart you better look out below
 
[Verse 4]
   G                            G7
It ain't such a long drop don't stammer, don't stutter
         C
From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter
          G                           D7                    G   G7
You'll be carrying those bruises to remind you wherever you go
 
[Chorus]
        C
You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder
           G
Throw your hands in the air and say what does it matter
       D7                                         G    G7
But it don't do no good to get angry so help me I know
      C
For a heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter
      G
You'll become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
        D7                                       G
Wrapped up in a trap of your very own chain of sorrow
 
[Instrumental]
G   C   G  D7  G
 
[Verse 1]
   G
My heart's in the ice house come hill or come valley
       C
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
     G                           D7
On a cold winters morning to the church house
                    G
Just to shovel some snow
 
[Verse 2]
        G
I heard sirens on the train tracks, howl naked, gettin nuder
   C
An alter boy had been hit by a local commuter
          G
Just from walking with his back turned
     D7                       G    G7
To a train that was coming so slow
 
[Chorus]
        C
You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder
           G
Throw your hands in the air and say what does it matter
       D7                                         G    G7
But it don't do no good to get angry so help me I know
      C
For a heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter
         G
You'll become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
        D7                                        G    G7
Wrapped up in a trap of your very own chain of sorrow
 
[Instrumental]
G   C   G  D7  G
G   C   G  D7  G
G   C   G  D7  G
G   C   G  D7  G
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