• Song:

    Orchid

  • Artist:

    Alanis Morissette

  • Album:

    Flavors of Entanglement

Capo 6th fret

Intro
     Cadd9           Aadd9
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----3--------0----0-------------------------|
|----------0-------------2------------------------|
|--2---2----2-----2---2---2-----------------------|
|-3---3--3-------0---0-0--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Cadd9=[x32030]
Aadd9=[002200]
C/G=[320010]

I keep up a similar strumming patter for the other chords.


VERSE:

Cadd9        Aadd9          Cadd9        Aadd9
Me, and my helmet such an un-conventional kid
      Cadd9         Aadd9  D           G
All intense and kinetic, at best tolerated from afar
Cadd9           Aadd9          Cadd9          Aadd9
    Not yet arrested, and by that I mean betrothed
         Cadd9              Aadd9
Though a start I am newly courted
D                     G
    I've just not been trusted with alters

CHORUS:

      Cadd9            Aadd9        Cadd9           Aadd9
I'm a sweet piece of work, well intentioned yet disturbed
F                    Aadd9(or better yet Am)
Wrongly label-ed and under-fed,
F                  G
   treated like a rose as an orchid


VERSE:
My friends, as they weigh in, get understandably protective
They have a hard time being objective
So inside we cancel each other out
Chorus:
I'm a sweet piece of work, well intentioned and unloved
Unlabeled and misunderstood, treated like a rose as an orchid

BRIDGE:

F                  G       Am
    You've brought water to me,
       G               F
making sure my bloom rebounds
         G               C       C/G       Am
You know best of what my special care allows


VERSE:
So I've lived in my blind spot
Thought myself usual when I'm not
And your garden is a nice spot
As long as it is brave and where you are

CHORUS:
For this sweet piece of work, high maintenance and deserted
I've been different and deserving, treated like a rose as an orchid

Sweet piece of work, overwhelmed un-observed
I've been bowed down to but so misread
Treated like a rose as an orchid
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