Linda McCartney

Oriental Nightfish

Linda McCartney


Tom: F#m

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               Oriental Nightfish – Linda McCartney (and Wings)
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Written by: Linda McCartney
Recorded in 1973 during the sessions for “Band on the Run”,
Released on: “Wide Prairie” (1998)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Verse 1]
Am
  It was a Thursday night
Dm
  I was working late
Bm      Am    Bm                  Am
 When I first caught sight of the Oriental Nightfish

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
(instrumental)

[Bridge]
| Em | Dsus2 | Em | Dsus2 |
(instrumental)

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
(instrumental)

[Verse 2]
Am
  The colours were swirling
Dm
  The room was getting hotter
| Bm          Am  Bm      | Am |
   I couldn't see anything

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
(solo)

[Bridge]
| Em | Dm | Em | Dm |
(solo)

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
(solo)

[Break]
|   F#m C#m G#m | Em |
|   F#m C#m G#m | Em |
|   F#m C#m G#m | Am | % |

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
(solo)

[Verse 3]
Am                     Dm
  Emerald blue, purple red
              Bm
I was working late
         Am   Bm        | Am |
It was a Thursday night

[Bridge]
Em
 When I first caught sight
Dm
  Of the Oriental
| Em | Dm
       Night ...

[Verse]
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am |
  Fish (fish, fish, fish, fish) – Oh ...

[Break]
|   F#m C#m G#m | Em |
Nightfish (fish, fish, fish, fish)
|   F#m C#m G#m | Em |
|   F#m C#m G#m |

[Coda]
                         1 + 2 + 3
| Am | Dm | Bm   Am Bm | Am      A
                     (ritardando)