Fan Transcriptions

Most of these tabs have been collected from the now defunct Unofficial Blue Nile Website. At some point I should make a link to a downloadable version.

Guitar Tablature for Orpheus

David Sylvian - Orpheus

Chords

Eadd9   -024100
Cmaij7 	-x32000
A     	-x02220
Fmaij7 	-133210
E      	-022100
D      	-xx0232
Bm     	-x24432
G      	-355433
G6     	-355430
Bbmaij7	-x13231
Amaij7 	-x02120
Am9    	-x02200
E7   	-020100
A7	-x03030  


@ Orpheus



Eadd9    Cmaij7    A    Fmaij7  


E
Standing firm on this stony ground

    Cmaij7    
The wind blows hard, pulls these clothes around

  A
I harbour all the same worries as most

    Fmaij7
The temptations to leave or to give up the ghost

D                 Bm
I wrestle with an outlook on life

     G                           G6
That shifts between darkness and shadowy light

  Fmaij7
I struggle with words, for fear that they'll hear

    Bbmaij7                                   Amaij7
But Orpheus sleeps on his back, still dead to the world

Sunlight falls, my wings open wide
There's a beauty here I cannot deny
Bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs
Are just so many people I knew never cared

Down below on the wreck of the ship
Are a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret
But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide
As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side


Fmaij7  G6
Tell me - I'd still a lot to learn

Fmaij7       G6
  Understand - These fires never stop

Fmaij7       G6
  Believe me - When this joke is tired of laughing

Fmaij7            G6            Bbmaij7    Am9
I will hear - the promise of my Orpheus' sing


E (E7)  Cmaij7    A (A7)  Fmaij7 
E (E7)  Cmaij7    A (A7)  Fmaij7 


Sleepers sleep as we row the boat
Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope
But all of the hurdles that fell in our laps
Was fuel for the fire and straw for our backs

Still the voices have stories to tell 
Of the power struggles in heaven and hell
But we feel secure against such mighty dreams
As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring.

Fmaij7     G6

Fmaij7     G6

Fmaij7  G6
Tell me - I'd still a lot to learn

Fmaij7       G6
  Understand - These fires never stop

Fmaij7         G6
Please believe  - When this joke is tired of laughing

Fmaij7            G6            Bbmaij7   Am9
I will hear - the promise of my Orpheus' sing