Orange Chords
by Big Thief
Orange by Big Thief is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C/B, Am, Em, G, D, Bm and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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
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 Am7 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
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