Misc Originals – Blake Levon - The Oranges (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D | E7 | A | B7 | [Verse 1]
D         E              A      B7
  The oranges are at the fair tonight

      D                  E                A   B7
Maybe you can catch them if you head that way

D         E                A      B7
  The oranges don’t always stick around

              D                  E             A   B7
They’re going home to drink some ice cold lemonade

D                E              A     E6/Ab   Gbm   Gbm7/E
  Please don’t refer to them as tangerines or clementines

     D                E               A   D A
They might just get upset by what you say
[Verse 2]
A   Ab   G     Gb  Gbaug Gb6 Gbaug Gb
But they might not

Dmaj7        E   Esus4 Gb   Gbaug Gb6 Gbaug Gb
  So give it your best shot

Dmaj7
Think of something that’ll make them

E6                                      Gb  Gbaug Gb6 Gbaug Gb
think that they’re prepared but they’re not

Dmaj7                E   Esus4 E
Make their seeds pop out from the thought
[Interlude] | Gb | Db | D | A A/Ab | | Gb | Db | D | A A/Ab | [Verse 3]
Gb        Db            D             A    A/Ab
  The oranges they take lots of self abuse

Gb              Db           D        A            A/Ab
  They take the pain to make everyone orange juice

Gb             Db              D            A         A/Ab
  They give so much that you’d think it was Christmas

Gb        Db               D   A    Gbm
  Vitamin C now that’s the power of citrus
[Interlude] | (Gbm) Gbm7 | Dbm Db | D Dmaj7 | A Asus2 | | Gbm Bm/Gb | Dbm Db | D Dmaj7 | A D | A | [Verse 4]
            D                      E
There was a clementine that nearly lost his life

    A       E6/Ab Gbm   Gbm7/E
And turned into a vegetable

   D             E             A  B7/Eb
He didn’t know exactly what to do

D          E             A    E6/Ab    Gbm    Gbm7/E
  Only the oranges could recognize his full potential

D            E               A    B7/Eb
  It had the oranges feeling blue

D              E            A E6/Ab Gbm Gbm7/E
  This story’s sad but it’s true

D          E             A   D A
  It could happen to you too