Orange Rhyming Dictionary Words and Music by Blake Schwarzenbach Standard tuning Guitar 1 - Lead Guitar 2 - Rhythm Intro Guitar 2 Main Riff (For intro, play four times) E E D A e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7--------------------| D-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| A-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-5--5-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| E--------------------------------------------------------------5--5-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-| Guitar 1 (comes in on 3rd time) With wah (I suppose. Not 100% sure About the 2nd part of the riff) e----------------------| B-------------------5--| G----7h9-------7--7-5--| D----------------------| A-7--------------------| E----------------------| Verse Guitar 2 (main riff) Guitar 1 e-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------| A--7~---------------------------------| E-------------------------------------| E E D A We are the high street service trays coming to take you away E E D A Pasadena 68 with speed on your breakfast plate Fill Guitar 1 e-------------------| B-------------------| G-------------------| D-------------------| A------5---5h7p5----| E--5h7---7-------7--| Chorus Guitar 1 e------------------------------------| B------------------------------------| G------------------------------------| D------------------------------------| A-------/7--5-----7----5--4--2----0--| E------------------------------------| E G D A Aunt cancer calls them happy pills C G D A They keep her calm and cool until he Fill Guitar 1 (w/ wah) e---------------------------| B---------------------------| G---------------------------| D-----6-------------6-------| A--------7b9r7---------7-7--| E--0-------------0----------| E leaves Verse (same as first) Guitar 1 * - Guitar 1 plucks that note e--------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------9*-| D--------------------------------------| A--7~----------------------------------| E--------------------------------------| E E* The moccasin skin obsession leather thigh D * A White tennis skirt so high E E* The eyes of mine are new and kind D * A But the hair's not grey, it's white Chorus (same as first) And grandfather's an ascot noose Can't tie the tassels on his shoes Leave me Bridge D A E e-------------5------------------------| B-7-----------5-------------------9----| G-7-----------6-------------------9----| D-7-----------7-------------------9----| A-5-----------7-------------------7----| E-------------5-------------------0----| Oh god stop tearing off the roof D A E Fill Of my experimental bathroom D A E It's the only thing that's halfway mine D A E Fill And not for your prying and lying eyes Fill 2 Guitar 2 e-------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------| G-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-| D-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-| A-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| E-------------------------------------------| Verse 3 (low buzz; bassy) e---------------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------5---------------| E-0----------------------------------------------------------5--| These are the red-eyed politics, the cocktail revisionists War room rules: no wives or kids, here men sing the boy in them The hedge casts heroes late across our lawn The valley hunt militiamen, all gone Thought we had the lock in '54 Now the maid owns the house next door And what's more Chorus (same as first) Swims in the pool she used to clean Our new king looks like a queen Leave me Bridge (same as first) The empire's melting like ice cream On the altar of the sun This skin we've stretched for centuries It's faded, it's fraying, it's meaningless to me Solo (w/ wah) Guitar 1 E e---------------------------------------------------------| B----------------9---------9-10-12---------12b13r12-10-9--| G-9---------9/11------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 E (fade) e---------------------------------------------------------| B----------------9---------9-10-12---------12b13r12-10-9--| G-9---------9/11------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------| I'm not really sure about the intro. Blake plays alot of random notes (that are in the same key). But it should be easy to figure out if you play it kind of sloppy and improvise with it.