Little Viola Hidden In The Orchestra
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Miniature woodwinds whistle underwater
While electric eels make the ocean warm in summer
Olives who were left on the sand
Become bathing beach bunnies
Being wooed by a seashell singing elegant choruses
(same chords)
Little viola hidden in the orchestra,
how I love to pretend the sounds you make
are flowers that slowly encircle the band.
That curl around each note that's played.
The audience charmed by the floating
garden of music giddily pick musical floral bouquets.
(silence)
and now its time for the play...
The actor in the center of the stage
looks sadly at a teacup,
reads a poem off the teacup
and covers his face with a
page of a poem on the teacup
and sings, "What a terrible lie you told me.
That you're heart was mine to buy
All those feelings you implied,
it all was just terrible lies...
oh what a terrible lie.."
Do you remember in the first verse when I told you
about the seashells singing?
Well if you wanna hear what it sounds like,
you just have to listen in....
( a capello)..
(crescendo )
I will be a good boy
and never tell you the bad things that I think about,
the nasty little/ dirty little/ sinister things
I'll keep them to myself...
(Two more times) (3rd) myself..Dm G7
Ahh!
(E-: 5-7-5-5)
--Hardest part to decipher.
I tried the following for the Am7:(a-b 0-5-5-5)
or Am7 (E-b 5-(3orx)-5-5-5) or (a-b 0-2-0-1) or
(a- 3-2-2-1). try
these if the Am7 seems wrong to you--
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Readable chord sheet for Little Viola Hidden In The Orchestra by Of Montreal
[C7] [D#m7b5]Miniature[E7] woodwinds[C#m] whistle und[A]er[F#]water [F#m]While e[B]lectric [E9]eels make the o[Gbo]cean warm in s[A]ummer [Dm]Olives who were [F0]lef[B]t on the[Fb5] sand Become b[G]athing beach b[Cm]unni[F7b5]es [Bb] [Dm]Being [C9]wooed by a [Am7]seashell [F0]singing e[F]leg[A7]ant cho[C7]ruses (same chords) Little viola hidden in the orchestra, how I love to pretend the sounds you make are flowers that slowly encircle the band. That curl around each note that's played. The audience charmed by the floating garden of music giddily pick musical floral bouquets. (silence) and now its time for the play... [Bm7]The actor in the ce[D]nter of the [Bm]stag[F#]e looks sa[E9]dly at a te[Do]acup, reads a po[C]em off the te[Co]acup and [Gm]covers his f[Do]ace with a [E]page of a[Am7] poem on the [A]teacup and sings, "What a ter[A]rible lie you told[F#m] me. That you're [A]heart wa[C#m]s mine to[Bm7] buy [Bm]All those feelings you imp[E]lied, [Fo]it all was just terrible lies... [Do]oh what a terrible lie.."[A] Do you reme[G7]mber in the first verse when I told[C] you about the sea[F]shells singing? Well if you wa[Ebo]nna hear what it sounds like, [G7]you just have to listen in.... ( a capello).. (crescendo [G7]) [C]I will be a g[A7]ood boy and n[Dm]ever tell [F]you the [G]bad things that I [F]think [G]about, the [F]nasty little/ dirty little/ sinister t[G]hings [C]I'll keep them to mys[Am]elf...[Dm] [G7] (Two more times) (3rd) myself..Dm G7 [C]Ahh![F] [C] [Am7] (E-[G]: 5-7-5-5) --Hardest part to decipher. I tried the following for the Am7:(a-b 0-5-5-5) or Am7 (E-b 5-(3orx)-5-5-5) or (a-b 0-2-0-1) or [A6] (a-[B] 3-2-2-1). try these if the Am7 seems wrong to you--