Bleeding the Orchid Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays418

Bleeding the Orchid by Smashing Pumpkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, E, G, C and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro  Am  F  E  G  

Am               F  
  Life is my weakness,  
E            G  
  Love is my soul,  
Am                   F  
  If nothing means no one,  
E                G   
  Can play all alone.  
Am             F  
  If fear comes easy,  
E            E  
  I can lay down,  
Am             C  
  Milk from a flower,  
  G             F  
  Blood from a stone.  

   C        G     Dm       F  
So here we are, upon your stage,  
     C        G           Dm  
The lies we shared, The dreams we saved.  

(Am  F  E  G)  
WeÂ’re bleeding the orchid,     
WeÂ’re bleeding the orchid,        
WeÂ’re bleeding the orchid.  

(Am  F  E  G)  
Blessed my weakness,  
Blessed my rose,  
As hate forms a sequence,  
Of one by one.  
As freedomÂ’s not easy,  
ThereÂ’s so much to want,  
ThereÂ’s clouds in my shower,  
Ghosts in my home.  

C G Dm     F  
    Do you miss where you were?  
C G Dm          F     
    They shall seal your shout.  

(Am  F  E  G)  
Bleeding the orchid.  
Bleeding the orchid.  
Bleeding the orchid.  


    	

Chord diagrams

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