Orbiter Chords & Tabs

by Noah Kahan

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Basic Pattern:
BPM: 85
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 101, 3, 101, 3, 101, 3, 101]
Bridge/Instrumental/Outro:
BPM: 85
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 202, 1, 101, 202, 3, 202, 202, 1, 101, 202, 3, 202, 1, 101]

[Chords]
D/F#: 2x0232
* = Strum once

[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
G               
I look exhausted
D/F#                         C                    
Oh, stiff and awkward on the outside of the moment
                              G                    
It's not my first time bitter drunk on a red carpet
D/F#                     C                        Cadd9
Or my first time losing,   and it won't be my last
G                 D/F#
You said ignore it
                        C                        
Oh California's so much more than some award show
                                 G                 D/F#
You're no more important than an insect on a window
                                   C                       Cadd9
They'll see you climbing but won't care until you get close

[Pre-Chorus]
              D                                   
You said some people don't know why they're wolves
          G                       
They just howl for the sound of it
          C                           
Some will never know they're beautiful
Until the crowd points it out for them
      D                             
But I see you through a camera flash
       G                 
I look back and you laugh
            C                        Cadd9
And this is hard, but I feel less far

[Chorus]
     G                    D/F#           
This ain't Watertown, I'm on alien ground
      Em                  D           
I'm a collеge kid with my windows down
       C                     D   
I'm an astronaut, you're the Moon
  Em                   D     
I starе at you, I sing to you
  C         Cadd9
I circle you

[Verse 2]
G                     D/F#                     
Rain on a steel roof, leaks through the ceiling
         C                      
Hits the patrons in the ballroom
                                G                        
You said, "Oh, look, babe, even God is trying to warn you
D/F#                   
All this ain't for you"
C                     Cadd9
But I cling to my seat

[Pre-Chorus]
             D                                   
I guess some people don't know why they're wolves
          G                       
They just howl for the sound of it
          C                           
Some will never know they're beautiful
Until the crowd points it out for them
      D                             
But I see you through a camera flash
       G                 
I look back and you laugh
            C                        Cadd9
And this is hard, but I feel less far

[Chorus]
     G                    D/F#           
This ain't Watertown, I'm on alien ground
      Em                  D           
I'm a college kid with my windows down
       C                     D   
I'm an astronaut, you're the Moon
  Em                      D  
I stare at you, I sing to you

[Post-Chorus]
      G                      D/F#          
And I clutch my cloth, and I bite my tongue
       Em             D                       
I'm an aging wolf who lost the taste for blood
C*                    D*
Even anxious pups need the Moon
Em*                G*
I howl for you, I sing to you

[Bridge]
         C  Em
I circle you
         C  Em
I circle you
         C  Em
I circle you

[Instrumental]
G   D/A   C

[Outro]
             G    D/A        C       
If I'm gonna lose____  you either way
             G    D/A        C       
If I'm gonna lose_____ you either way
             G    D/A        C       
If I'm gonna lose____  you either way
             G    D/A        C       
If I'm gonna lose____  you either way
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[Extended Outro played during live shows]
      G               
How I wish I had a way
      D/A                  C            
How I wish I had a way to raise the dead
      G               
How I wish I had a way
      D/A                  C            
How I wish I had a way to raise the dead
      G               
How I wish I had a way
      D/A                  C            
How I wish I had a way to raise the dead
      G               
How I wish I had a way
      D/A                  C            
How I wish I had a way to raise the dead
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| C | C | G*