Orange Skies
(Bryan Maclean)

Last Update: 03. oktober 2003

PLEASE NOTE
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.

Intro [fingerpicked electric, 2X; bass enters 2nd time]:

   D                 F#m/C#            Em/B               Gm*
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v
        -----5-------5---|-----5----5--5---|-----0-----------|-3-
        ---7-------7-----|---7-----7-7-----|---0-0-------0---|-3-
        -7-----7-------7-|-6-----6-------6-|-0-----0-----0---|-3-
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|---
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---

   * guitar II plays Bb-C-Db-C-Bb in octaves over Gm chord

Verse 1:

   D      F#m/C#
        Orange skies
        Em/B           Gm              Dm9 xx0210
        Carnivals and cotton candy and you

   -0--0--0----0---0-----0---0---0--0-
        -1--0--1----3---1-----0---1---0--1-
        -2--0--2----4---2-----0---2---0--2-
        -0--0--0----0---0-----0---0---0--0-
        -----------------------------------
        -----------------------------------
        [D  E  F    G   F     E   D   C  D     <- bass]
        and I love you too   you know I do

Link:

   Amaj7
         / / / /  / / / /

Verse 2:

   Nightingale
        Prettier than anything in the world
        And I love you too
        You know I do

Bridge:

   Cmaj7       Fmaj7
        You make me happy
        Cmaj7               Fmaj7
        Laughing, glad, and full of glee
        Cmaj7                Fmaj7
        And you don't have to try, girl
        Cmaj7                Fmaj7
        For you it comes so naturally
                         Cmaj7   Bb6
        Right here in my arms

[repeat intro w/bass throughout]

[repeat verse 1]

[repeat bridge]

Flute solo:

   Fmaj7            Amaj7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
        Fmaj7            Cmaj7
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
        Gm9
        / / / /  / / / /

Coda:
 

[scat over intro chords; end on Dm9]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers