Orphan Annie

Source Recording: Tony Rice (1983)

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Song Details

Songwriter
First Release
Norman Blake (1972)
Genres
Folk
Attributes
Minor Chords Non-Diatonic
Popularity
Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist
Key Eb Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 114 BPM Length 2:50 ISRC USSH58340909
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Orphan Annie

1 4 1
Ridin’ in planes and hailin’ cabs I been on the road so long
1 3m 6m 2 5
Lookin’ for the sunshine every day that I been a-missin’ so long
4 1
Two blocks over one street across and uptown ’round and down
5 1
Lord there musta been somethin’ just hidin’ out somewhere someplace I ain’t found

1 4 5
Annie orphan Annie are your Nashville nights still warm
6m 2 5
Somewhere to the west of town well it’s a-comin’ up a storm
4 3m 5 1
Are your rivers dark and muddy where the green swamp willows grow
5 3m 6m 5 1
Nine more days and I’ll be home lord back in off the road

A-pickin’ and a-grinnin’ and a-playin’ their games so listen to what I say
Lord I wish I was down in Nashville town about Fifth and Broadway
Where the Cumberland rows the soft breeze blows and home it ain’t far away
But here I sit in New York City just a-hangin’ out every day

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