Orange
Big Thief
RockMedium for beginners8 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
BDiagram coming soon
Am
Em
G
D
Bm
Am7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
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
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Chord set
C · B · Am · Em · G · D · Bm · Am7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.