This Orchid Means Good Bye Chords
by Carl Smith
This Orchid Means Good Bye by Carl Smith is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This Orchid Means Good Bye
by Carl Smith
written by B. Bryant & M. Webb
recorded 02/18/1953
VERSE 1:
To-(C)night I (G7)send an (C)orchid
And though I'll al-ways (F)care
This orchid means good-(C)bye to you
and to our love af-(G7)fair
It's (C)just my way to tell you
And I hope that you want (F)cry
But I be-long to (C)some-one else
this (G7)orchid means good-(C)bye
VERSE 2:
(C)When you (G7)said that you (C)lov-ed me
I knew it wouldn't (F)do
Cause I'm in love with (C)some-one else
I guess I love you (G7)too
But I'm (C)marri-ed to a-nother
What chance of you and (F)I
So I just send an (C)orchid, dear
This (G7)orchid, means good-(C)bye
VERSE 3:
(C)Our love (G7)might have been (C)dif-fer-ent
But I made sa-cred (F)vows
And I can't ever (C)break the heart
that I hold with mine, (G7)now
So (C)please for-get the past dear
as time goes pass-ing (F)by
Cause we can't ever (C)love a-gain
This (G7)orchid means good-(C)bye