Orpheo Looks Back Chords
by Andrew Bird
Orpheo Looks Back by Andrew Bird is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro (continues throughout)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0-------x-x-x------------x-x-x-----------x-x-x----------------------|
A|---0-2---33333-x-x-x--333322222-x-x-x-222200000-x-x-x-0-2-0----------------|
E|-3-------------x-x-x----------3-x-x-x-----------x-x-x-------3--------------|
G C
There are places we must go to
G
To bring these hollow words on back from
D
You must cross the muddy river
G C
Where love turns to love turns to fear
G
They say you don't look
D
There's only one way
G C
On back from on back from here
G
They say you don't look
D
They say you don't look
G C
'Cause it'll disappear
Solo:
G C G D (2x)
Em (8x)
Em C D C G D
G C G D
G C
And our eyes they keep on strainin'
G
As if to see what lies behind them
D
Through the shells of empty buildings
G C
And great columns of glass
G
They say you don't look
D
They say you don't look
G C
Cause it'll drive you mad
G
And if it drives you mad
D
If it drives you mad
G C
It'll prob'ly pass