Tangerine
Released in 2022 by Dimple Discs
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INTRO (x2)
Gm
Adim
VERSE 1
Gm
Round the old folks’ home comes the march of fake
Adim
blood
Gm
Trudging on as if shod in western front
F
mud
Fm6
Wheelchairs and walkers, those aren’t
G
costumes
Adim
The P.A. laughs the monster
Bb
mash
Eaug
VERSE 2
Gm
Spray-on bandages, painted sutures, coal
Adim
eyes
Gm
Onto sunless skin, extra white’s been ap
F
plied
Bbm
Some pagan seasonal ob
F7/A
servants
F#
Cauterized and stamped on greeting
Fm
cards
Ebm
VERSE 3
Gm
No believers here, words were coined to con
Eb6
test
Gm
Were we friends one time? No, don’t say – let me
F
guess
Bbm
Faced into open-ended
F7/A
winter
F#
Real death haunts the bars and airplane
Fm
aisles
Bb
The cost of comfort still as
Adim
sail
us
F#
War hides in philanthropic
Fm
smiles
Bb7
OUTRO
Ebm
Oh how we love
Fm7
tanger
Bb7
ine
Ebm
Paint your sainted
Bb7
Nazarene
Ebm
And bare a fang for
Fm7
Hallo
Bb7
ween
Bmaj7
Traditions baked – oh,
Bb7
who cares what they mean
Ebm
Oh how we love
Fm7
tanger
Bb7
ine
Bmaj7
Metastasis
Bb7
hits the silver screen
Ebm
Oh how we love
Fm7
tanger
Bb7
ine
Bmaj7
Weave my shroud of
Bb7
neoprene
Ebm
F
Eb7