Orange chords by Big Thief

• Capo on 6th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C C/B Am Em G
C C/B Am Em G


Verse 1:
C C/B Am    Em      G  C
     Orange is the color of my love
D       G      C   C/B
Fragile orange wind in the garden
Am   Em        G    C
Fragile means that I can hear her flesh
D       G       C    C/B
Crying little rivers in her forearm
Am   Em     G     C
Fragile is that I mourn her death
D        Em       C
As our limbs are twisting in her bedroom


Chorus:
Am     Bm  Am
Lies, lies, lies
D      Em G
Lies in her eyes
Am     Bm  Am
Lies, lies, lies
D      Am Em G
Lies in her eyes


Verse 2:
C C/B Am      Em       G    C
     She tells me to close and count to ten
D       G         C   C/B
As she wanders freely through the forest
Am  Em      G   C
Can I close and open once again?
  D        Em      C
The question that I seek for reassurance


Chorus:
Am     Bm  Am
Lies, lies, lies
D      Em G
Lies in her eyes
Am     Bm  Am
Lies, lies, lies
D      Am Em G
Lies in her eyes
C C/B Am Em G


Verse 3:
C C/B Am      Em       G   C
     Hound dogs crowing at the stars above
D          G        C   C/B
Pigeons fall like snowflakes at the border
Am    Em         G    C
She kneels down and holds the frozen dove
D        Em       C
Moon drips like water from her shoulder


Chorus:
Am      Bm  Am
Flies, flies, flies
D       Em G
Flies from her eyes
Am      Bm  Am
Flies, flies, flies
D       Am Em G
Flies from her eyes


Verse 4:
C C/B Am    Em      G  C
     Orange is the color of my love
D       G      C   C/B
Fragile orange wind in the garden
Am   Em        G    C
Fragile means that I can hear her flesh
D       G       C    C/B
Crying little rivers in her forearm
Am   Em     G     C
Fragile is that I mourn her death
D        Em       C
As our limbs are twisting in her bedroom