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                             "Orange Skies"
                            (Bryan Maclean)


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
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