The Orange and the Green
The Orange and the Green

The Orange and the Green easy guitar chords by The Irish Rovers

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

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Transpose

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  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Oh 
    it 
    is 

    the biggest 
    mix- 
    up 
    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 

    my mother 
    she 
    was 
    green 

    Verse 2
    Oh 
    my father 
    was 
    an Ulsterman, 

    proud 
    Protestant 
    was 
    he 

    My mother 
    was 
    a Cath
    olic 
    girl, 

    from 
    County 
    Cork 
    was 
    she 

    They 
    were mar
    ried 
    in 
    two 
    churches, 

    lived 
    happily 
    enough 

    Un
    til 
    the day 
    that I 
    was 
    born 

    and 
    things 
    got 
    rather 
    tough 

    Verse 3
    Oh 
    it 
    is 
    the biggest 
    mix- 
    up 
    that 

    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 
    my 

    mother 
    she 
    was 
    green 

    Verse 4
    Baptised 
    by 
    father 
    Reilly, 

    I 
    was 
    rushed 
    away 
    by car 

    To be 
    made 
    a little 
    or
    angeman, 

    my 
    father's 
    shining 
    star 

    I was 
    christened 
    David 
    Anthony, 

    but still 
    in spite 
    of that 

    To 
    my father 
    I was 
    William 
    while 

    my mother 
    called 
    me Pat 

    Verse 5
    Oh 
    it 
    is 
    the 
    biggest 
    mix- 
    up 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 

    my mother 
    she 
    was 
    green 

    Verse 6
    With 
    mother 
    every 
    Sunday 
    to 

    mass 
    I'd 
    proudly 
    stroll 

    Then 
    after 
    that 
    the 
    orange 
    lads 

    would try 
    to save 
    my 
    soul 

    For both 
    sides 
    tried 
    to claim 
    me, 

    but 
    I 
    was 
    smart 
    because 

    I 
    played 
    the flute 
    or played 
    the harp, 

    depend
    ing 
    where I 
    was 

    Verse 7
    Oh 
    it 
    is 
    the 
    biggest 
    mix- 
    up 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 
    my mother 
    she 
    was 
    green 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 8
    One 
    day 
    my ma's 
    relations 

    came 
    round 
    to visit 
    me 

    Just 
    as 
    my 
    father's 
    kinfolk 
    were 

    all sittin' 
    down 
    to tea 

    We tried 
    to smooth 
    things 
    over, 

    but they 
    all 
    began 
    to fight

    And 
    me 
    being strictly 
    neut
    ral, 

    I bashed 
    every
    one 
    in sight 

    Verse 9
    Oh 
    it 
    is 
    the 
    biggest 
    mix- 
    up 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 

    my 
    mother 
    she 
    was green 

    Verse 10
    Now 
    my parents 
    never 
    could 
    agree 

    about 
    my 
    type 
    of school 

    My 
    learning 
    was 
    all 
    done 
    at home, 

    that's 
    why 
    I'm 
    such 
    a 
    fool 

    They 
    both 
    passed 
    on, 
    god 
    rest 
    them, 

    but 
    left 
    me 
    caught 
    between 

    That 
    awful 
    color 
    prob
    lem 
    of 

    the 
    orange 
    and 
    the green 

    Verse 11
    Oh 
    it 
    is 
    the 
    biggest 
    mix- 
    up 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 

    my 
    mother 
    she 
    was green 

    Verse 12
    Yes 
    it 
    is 
    the 
    biggest 
    mix- 
    up 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    ever 
    seen 

    My 
    father 
    he 
    was 
    orange 
    and 
    my 
    mother 
    she 

    was green 

    Outro 1


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