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Orange County Suite

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Cminor

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1/4

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 4Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Song is played on piano of course, but here's a guitar translation. Also, if you tune the low E string to C, 
you can have an open bass note that sounds nice, which is represented by the (0) in the tab below.
       CmCmadd4    Csus4      Cmaj  
e|------|------|------|------|
B|--4---|--4---|--6---|--5---|
G|--5---|--5---|--5---|--5---|
D|--5---|--3---|--5---|--5---|
A|--3---|--3---|--3---|--3---|
E|-(0)--|-(0)--|-(0)--|-(0)--|
Intro: Cm  
CmWell I used to know someone fair
She had orange ribbons in her hair
Cmadd4She was such a trip                        ~Verse 1~
She was hardly there
But I Cmloved her
Just the same.
CmThere was rain in our window,
The F.M. set was ragged
Cmadd4But she could talk, yeah,                  ~Verse 2~
We learned to speak
And one Cmyear
Has gone by
CmSuch a long long road to seek it
All we did was break and freak it
Cmadd4We had all that lovers ever had            ~Verse 3~
We just Cmblew it and I'm not sad
Well I'm Cmmad                               ~Bridge~
And I'm Cmbad
And two Cmyears
Have gone by
Now her world was bright orange
And the fire glowed
And her friend had a baby                  ~Verse 4~
And she lived with us
Yeah, we Cmadd4broke through the window
Yeah, we knocked on the door
Her Cmphone would not answer,
Yeah, but she's still home
Now her Cmfather has passed over
And her sister is a star
And her mother smokes diamonds
And she sleeps out in the car
Yeah, but Cmadd4she remembers Chicago           ~Verse 5~
The musicians & guitars
And Cmgrass by the lake
And people who laughed
And made her poor heart ache
Now we Cmlive down in the valley
We work out on the farm
We climb up to the mountains
And everything's fine
And CmI'm still here                        ~Verse 6~
And Cmyou're still there
And Cmwe're still around
End with  Csus4-  Cm- Cmaj  

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Orange County Suite

by The Doors

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Csus4

Cmaj

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Song is played on piano of course, but here's a guitar translation. Also, if you tune the low E string to C,

you can have an open bass note that sounds nice, which is represented by the (0) in the tab below.

Cm Csus4 Cmaj

Cmadd4

e|------|------|------|------|

B|--4---|--4---|--6---|--5---|

G|--5---|--5---|--5---|--5---|

D|--5---|--3---|--5---|--5---|

A|--3---|--3---|--3---|--3---|

E|-(0)--|-(0)--|-(0)--|-(0)--|

Intro:

Well I used to know someone fair

She had orange ribbons in her hair

Cmadd4

She was such a trip ~Verse 1~

She was hardly there

But I loved her

Just the same.

There was rain in our window,

The F.M. set was ragged

Cmadd4

But she could talk, yeah, ~Verse 2~

We learned to speak

And one year

Has gone by

Such a long long road to seek it

All we did was break and freak it

Cmadd4

We had all that lovers ever had ~Verse 3~

We just blew it and I'm not sad

Well I'm mad ~Bridge~

And I'm bad

And two years

Have gone by

Now her world was bright orange

And the fire glowed

And her friend had a baby ~Verse 4~

And she lived with us

Cmadd4

Yeah, we broke through the window

Yeah, we knocked on the door

Her phone would not answer,

Yeah, but she's still home

Now her father has passed over

And her sister is a star

And her mother smokes diamonds

And she sleeps out in the car

Cmadd4

Yeah, but she remembers Chicago ~Verse 5~

The musicians & guitars

And grass by the lake

And people who laughed

And made her poor heart ache

Now we live down in the valley

We work out on the farm

We climb up to the mountains

And everything's fine

And I'm still here ~Verse 6~

And you're still there

And we're still around

Csus4 Cm Cmaj

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