Orange Rhyming Dictionary
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Intro: F# E x4
verse 1:
F# E
Words in my head
F#
Atom splitting
E
up the twins
B
Rocks inside
F#
my head again
E F# E F# E F#
Keeps me from your bed
E F# E F#
Sends me
E F# B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb
errand boy at swim
F#/Bb B F#/Bb B
F#/Bb
To drag my
B E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E
lake for scars
Refrain 1:
G#m
Do the stars
B
conspire
C# B
To kill us off
E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# x2
with loneli ness
G#m B
Am i so inspired
C# B
that i could save
E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# x2
The both of us
verse 2:
F# E
Stayed up all night
F#
Rubbing words but
E
they don't take
B
Now the sun says
F# E F#
What a mess you've made
E F# E F# E F#
With a bag of beer
E F# E F#
Held like the
E F# B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb
last girl on earth
F#/Bb B F#/Bb B
F#/Bb B
To keep your hands
E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E
from words
Refrain 2:
G#m
Do the stars
B C#
conspire to pin us
B E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# x2
Down like butterflies
G#m B
A life on the trial
C# B E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# x2
the hot stare ameri ca
Chorus 1:
B E
Sunrise cemetery
F#
nervous breakdown
B E
Saw my angel making
B
eyes at strangers
B E
I was indisposed i
F#
couldn't blame her
B E
Know i came to bury
F#(Hold)
and wound up staying
Interlude: Guitar Solo
E F# E F# E F# E x8
verse 3:
E F# E F# E F#
Verse in my head
E F# E F#
First
E
light fingers
F# E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb
rake the hills
F#/Bb B F#/Bb B
F#/Bb B
Turns a lands cape
E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E
into lines
E F# E F#
Finds the phantom
E F#
limbs
E F# E F#
Connects the
E F# E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb
dots i got her name
F#/Bb B F#/Bb B
F#/Bb B
From an o range
E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E
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Chorus 2:
B E
Sunrise cemetery
F#
nervous breakdown
B E
Saw my angel making
F#
stories for me
B E
Now i know her and
F#
she meant to save
B E
me With an orange
F#
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Refrain 3:
G#m B
Do the stars conspire to
C# B E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# x2
shock us into tiny measures
G#m B
Can you survive going
C# B F#(Hold)
crazy every time you see her?
How to play Orange Rhyming Dictionary
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F#. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.