Oriental Nightfish

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

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)