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Oranges On Apple Trees

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RockAdvanced for beginners23 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#mDiagram coming soon
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Dm××○
G○○○
D7××○
C6Diagram coming soon
F
Bbmaj7Diagram coming soon
A×○○
BbDiagram coming soon
F6Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
Am7×○○○
C×○○
D××○
Bb6Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
Amaj7Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
E6Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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F#m           Abm7 
Oranges on apple trees 
 
Birds that mate with bumblebees 
F#m          B6         Dm  G  Dm  G  Dm  G  Dm  G 
Oranges on apple trees 
   Dm               D7      C6 
Water comes and water goes   
F                       Bbmaj7  A 
Where it ends up no one really knows 
Dm                  C6 
  Water rises, water falls 
                          Bb        F6 
Where it comes from no one knows for sure 
        Em7       Dm       G  Dm  G 
It seeps from every pore  
Dm             C6 
We have seen the rain before 
    F                  Bb            Am7 
Not like this - It's flooding every shore 
 Dm                   C 
People come and people go 
F                 Bb                  Dm 
 I can hear their laughter through the door 
                    Bbmaj7 
But no one's keeping score 
                 C6 
Oranges on apple trees  
Am7                   Dm   Bbmaj7 
Birds that mate with bumblebees 
               C6 
One big happy family 
       Dm            C6 
Endless possibilities 
 
 Bb              C 
Oranges and apple trees 
         D7  Dm  G  Dm  G 
(Yeah and more) 
   Dm               C6 
I see your face in front of me 
    F6             Bbmaj7            D/A 
Can't believe what no one else could see 
  Dm           C 
I feel it deep inside of me 
  F               Bb     Dm    F6 
Everything we love shall be released 
       Am7    Dm   Bb6  C6  Am7  Dm 
And everyone will see 
Bbmaj7             C6         Dm   G 
  Oranges on apple trees (for sure) 
   Dm 
I used to be the only one 
 G                  C6 
Not now since you've come 
                Dm 
You and I have seen the signs 
                    G7 
That's why the wind died 
        C6 
The wind died 
Dm            G7 
 That's why  
Bb6             C 
Oranges on apple trees 
Am7                  G7 
Birds that mate with bumblebees 
Bb6            C   D/C   Dm  G 
Endless possibilities (now) 
Amaj7        B   E6 
Oranges on apple trees 
Abm7               C#m 
All the things that we can see 
Amaj7         B6     C#m7 
Multi-gender wannabes 
Bbmaj7       F6 
Oranges on apple trees 
 
Birds that mate with bumblebees 
Bb6            C6 
One big happy family 
Am7          Dm        C6 
Endless possibilities (yeah yeah yeah) 
Bbmaj7         C6          Dm 
Oranges on apple trees (for sure) 
 
Final  Bbmaj7  C  Dm  G7  Bbmaj7  C6  Am7  Dm 
         Bbmaj7  C6  Am7  Dm  Bbmaj7  F6  C6

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Chord set

F#m · Abm7 · B6 · Dm · G · D7 · C6 · F · Bbmaj7 · A · Bb · F6 · Em7 · Am7 · C · D · Bb6 · G7 · Amaj7 · B · E6 · C#m · C#m7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.