«Orange Crate Art»
(Van Dyke Parks)
Intro: instrumental over verse chords
Verse 1:
Eb Bb G/B Cm G+
Orange crate art was a place to start
Cm G+ Ab Eb+
Orange crate art was a world apart
Ab /F Bb/D /Bb Eb Abm6
Home for two with view of Sonoma
Eb/Bb Abm6 G+ Db9 C9
Where there’s aroma and heart
Cb9+5 Bb13 Eb6
Memories of her orange crate art
Verse 2:
Orange crate table and a rockin’ chair
Barnyard gate waiting some repair
Trust in late and sweet inspiration
You could go bust to replace
Just what is here by the case
Bridge:
Eb G13 Db9-5 C9
Hear the lonesome locomotion roar
Cb9+5 Bb9 G7+5 C9 F7+5 Bb9
Hobo hop on if you dare
Eb G13 Db9-5* C9
And it rolls where grapes of wrath are stored
Cb9+5 Bb9 Eb
Stops on a bracero’s prayer
* Db9 during instrumental repeat
Verse 3:
From the vine of a vintage cru
Comes the wine of this rendezvous
Room for two in view of Sonoma
Back when Ramona had heart
Memories of her orange crate art
[repeat bridge instrumentally]
[repeat verse 3, first two lines instrumentally]
— the only ace 90’s tab from Andrew Rogers
