Orchids (words & music by Chris Stanley)
Verse #1
D Am
The blackbird is singing a song
for the crows
G D
A secret is lost to the wind
D Am
You tend to your orchids I tend
to my rose
G
D
And I know the trouble we’re in
F C C/B C/A
C/G D
Tomorrow’s the fall, then it’s
win - ter
Verse #2
The blackbird is searching, its
heart full of song
Too heavy to rise from the
ground
The orchid is bitter, the rose
has its thorns
And our love is more lost than
found
If you had one more year, would
you try?
And if your orchids had tears, could
you cry?
Chorus #1
Am D
I say no, I say no
Am D
You better dig up your orchids
and go
F C C/B
C/A C/G D
Cause there’s no love in this
soil and no space left to grow
Verse #3
The blackbird is dead but I
still hear its tune
A prayer for the sadness of men
Your love is a season that ended
too soon
And won’t pass this way again
I can still hear the song of the
summer
But the blackbird is gone
Chorus #2
I say no, I say no
You better dig up your orchids
and go
Cause there’s no love in this
soil and no space left to grow
Bridge
Am D
And even in our darkest hour we
were friends, we were lovers
Am
D
Then we got these flowers and
grew away from each other
F
C C/B C/A
C/G D
It’s a root through the heart
and it hurts
Chorus #3
And I say no, I say no
You better dig up your orchids
and go
Cause there’s no love in this
soil and no space left to grow
There’s no love in this soil and
no space left to grow
There’s no love in this soil
There’s no love in this soil…
(N.b the bridge chords are the
same as the chorus)
Structure:
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Verse
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Verse
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Chorus
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Verse
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Chorus
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Bridge
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Extended chorus to end
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