Chords for Mandolin Orange | Newport Folk Festival 2017
Tempo:
91.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
C
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ebm] [N] I'm Emily France.
And I'm Andrew Marlin.
And we play in Mandolin Orange.
Wildfire was inspired, I grew up in a really small town, which I say in the song, in North
[Am] Carolina and you know [C] there's I think right now a really [Bb] great atmosphere around the entire
world [Am] where people are really joining together and trying [Dm] to you know [Bb] make some positive
change in the world.
[N] And I feel like sometimes when I go home that that same excitement and that same energy isn't there.
And I was just mainly [C] trying to [Am] just take my experiences from growing up and just try
and wake some people up you know what I mean.
[Gb] And I think I think that's where the root of the song came from.
But [D] honestly it really felt like that song just wrote itself with everything that's going
on with the it was written right around the election time.
So [Am] when that [N] was all taking place and it felt like the world was really starting to
gravitate in a kind of not so positive way.
I was like wait guys we've [B] been through this before you know [C] so many times and we've had
so many chances to get it right.
[Dm] Like let's [A] not keep going down the same negative path.
That was one that I feel like was the easiest song on that record and maybe one of the easiest
songs for us ever.
It [B] really I mean it's easy from a technical perspective it's [C] only three chords and I don't
[A] know it just kind of came together.
We didn't have to overthink it or really strategize how we wanted it to sound it just was [Db] kind
of born that way.
And [G] that's part of the reason why it's so [F] fun to play and was [Cm] really fun to record.
[F] Yeah we've pretty pretty much self [F] produced all of our stuff.
[A] We a couple albums ago we kind of co-produced one with a guy named [C] Jeff Crawford who was
playing with [D] us at the time.
But [A] we've always really enjoyed just going to the studio [Eb] ourselves with [N] the band that
we're playing with or not.
[E] And just feeling like we can make them come together [A] as it happens and as it feels natural.
So we haven't worked with a producer in a really formal sense at all.
[N] And self producing we're able to really look inside [A] and open up the walls of communication
[B] with everybody that's playing with us on the [C] record [Ab] and kind of get everyone's [E] ideas and
channel them [Gb] into the recordings and not feel like we [G] have to strive to achieve a certain sound.
[E] And in some ways I feel like that [B] helps us keep it honest.
And [E] I think that's probably what we strive most [Db] to do is just to make the [G] music that
we feel most comfortable making and [Bb] not feel like we have to fit in any [Am] genre or any sound
specifically.
[A] And I think part of the nature of the music that [B] inspires us, a lot of [C] bluegrass and a
lot of old time and we play [D] mostly acoustic instruments that we've played for a [A] long time.
And so [G] just that notion of being able to [E] just sit down in any [B] setting and make your music
and you don't need a lot of bells and whistles and you don't need all this production.
That's really our comfort zone.
And [N] I think the thought of making a record that had a lot of stuff going on [G] that we wouldn't
be able to just like get together [D] and play [A] is something that we've I think wanted [E] to
stay away from.
Yeah.
[Db] I think that being said too, [G] there are a lot of producers that I love that [E] are really good
about capturing exactly what the band is going for and just making it [E] accessible to the people
that are popping in the records.
So yeah, I think I think of an opportunity came [A] to work with a producer that was willing
to kind of see himself as [B] a or herself [E] as a part of the band and try and achieve what
we're going for.
Then [G] we're all for it.
Just so far, we've just been happy to [Em] rely on ourselves to do it.
[A] Well, this summer is mainly just been festivals, spending the weekends out, which has been pretty fun.
[Am] But we're still sort of touring [A] behind Blind Faller and we'll have some longer [B] stretches
out this fall.
More recently, last weekend, we had a really amazing hometown show at a big outdoor amphitheater
in Raleigh at the Museum of Art in North Carolina.
And that was sort of we had never headlined a show that of [Db] that size.
It [A] was big, but it also had a very familiar feel.
It was our hometown.
We knew a lot of folks there and [C] it was it was definitely [A] a special one to remember.
So we're still kind of [N] glowing from that, I think.
[Eb] [Ab]
And I'm Andrew Marlin.
And we play in Mandolin Orange.
Wildfire was inspired, I grew up in a really small town, which I say in the song, in North
[Am] Carolina and you know [C] there's I think right now a really [Bb] great atmosphere around the entire
world [Am] where people are really joining together and trying [Dm] to you know [Bb] make some positive
change in the world.
[N] And I feel like sometimes when I go home that that same excitement and that same energy isn't there.
And I was just mainly [C] trying to [Am] just take my experiences from growing up and just try
and wake some people up you know what I mean.
[Gb] And I think I think that's where the root of the song came from.
But [D] honestly it really felt like that song just wrote itself with everything that's going
on with the it was written right around the election time.
So [Am] when that [N] was all taking place and it felt like the world was really starting to
gravitate in a kind of not so positive way.
I was like wait guys we've [B] been through this before you know [C] so many times and we've had
so many chances to get it right.
[Dm] Like let's [A] not keep going down the same negative path.
That was one that I feel like was the easiest song on that record and maybe one of the easiest
songs for us ever.
It [B] really I mean it's easy from a technical perspective it's [C] only three chords and I don't
[A] know it just kind of came together.
We didn't have to overthink it or really strategize how we wanted it to sound it just was [Db] kind
of born that way.
And [G] that's part of the reason why it's so [F] fun to play and was [Cm] really fun to record.
[F] Yeah we've pretty pretty much self [F] produced all of our stuff.
[A] We a couple albums ago we kind of co-produced one with a guy named [C] Jeff Crawford who was
playing with [D] us at the time.
But [A] we've always really enjoyed just going to the studio [Eb] ourselves with [N] the band that
we're playing with or not.
[E] And just feeling like we can make them come together [A] as it happens and as it feels natural.
So we haven't worked with a producer in a really formal sense at all.
[N] And self producing we're able to really look inside [A] and open up the walls of communication
[B] with everybody that's playing with us on the [C] record [Ab] and kind of get everyone's [E] ideas and
channel them [Gb] into the recordings and not feel like we [G] have to strive to achieve a certain sound.
[E] And in some ways I feel like that [B] helps us keep it honest.
And [E] I think that's probably what we strive most [Db] to do is just to make the [G] music that
we feel most comfortable making and [Bb] not feel like we have to fit in any [Am] genre or any sound
specifically.
[A] And I think part of the nature of the music that [B] inspires us, a lot of [C] bluegrass and a
lot of old time and we play [D] mostly acoustic instruments that we've played for a [A] long time.
And so [G] just that notion of being able to [E] just sit down in any [B] setting and make your music
and you don't need a lot of bells and whistles and you don't need all this production.
That's really our comfort zone.
And [N] I think the thought of making a record that had a lot of stuff going on [G] that we wouldn't
be able to just like get together [D] and play [A] is something that we've I think wanted [E] to
stay away from.
Yeah.
[Db] I think that being said too, [G] there are a lot of producers that I love that [E] are really good
about capturing exactly what the band is going for and just making it [E] accessible to the people
that are popping in the records.
So yeah, I think I think of an opportunity came [A] to work with a producer that was willing
to kind of see himself as [B] a or herself [E] as a part of the band and try and achieve what
we're going for.
Then [G] we're all for it.
Just so far, we've just been happy to [Em] rely on ourselves to do it.
[A] Well, this summer is mainly just been festivals, spending the weekends out, which has been pretty fun.
[Am] But we're still sort of touring [A] behind Blind Faller and we'll have some longer [B] stretches
out this fall.
More recently, last weekend, we had a really amazing hometown show at a big outdoor amphitheater
in Raleigh at the Museum of Art in North Carolina.
And that was sort of we had never headlined a show that of [Db] that size.
It [A] was big, but it also had a very familiar feel.
It was our hometown.
We knew a lot of folks there and [C] it was it was definitely [A] a special one to remember.
So we're still kind of [N] glowing from that, I think.
[Eb] [Ab]
Key:
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E
C
B
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A
E
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [N] I'm Emily France.
And I'm Andrew Marlin.
And we play in Mandolin Orange.
Wildfire was inspired, I grew up in a really small town, which I say in the song, in North
[Am] Carolina and you know [C] there's I think right now a really [Bb] great atmosphere around the entire
world [Am] where people are really joining together and trying [Dm] to you know [Bb] make some positive
change in the world.
[N] And I feel like sometimes when I go home that that same excitement and that same energy isn't there.
And I was just mainly [C] trying to [Am] just take my experiences from growing up and just try
and wake some people up you know what I mean.
[Gb] And I think I think that's where the root of the song came from.
But [D] honestly it really felt like that song just wrote itself with everything that's going
on with the it was written right around the election time.
So [Am] when that [N] was all taking place and it felt like the world was really starting to
gravitate in a kind of not so positive way.
I was like wait guys we've [B] been through this before you know [C] so many times and we've had
so many chances to get it right.
[Dm] Like let's [A] not keep going down the same negative path.
That was one that I feel like was the easiest song on that record and maybe one of the easiest
songs for us ever.
It [B] really I mean it's easy from a technical perspective it's [C] only three chords and I don't
[A] know it just kind of came together.
We didn't have to overthink it or really strategize how we wanted it to sound it just was [Db] kind
of born that way.
And [G] that's part of the reason why it's so [F] fun to play and was [Cm] really fun to record.
[F] Yeah we've pretty pretty much self [F] produced all of our stuff.
[A] We a couple albums ago we kind of co-produced one with a guy named [C] Jeff Crawford who was
playing with [D] us at the time.
But [A] we've always really enjoyed just going to the studio [Eb] ourselves with [N] the band that
we're playing with or not.
_ [E] And just feeling like we can make them come together [A] as it happens and as it feels natural.
So we haven't worked with a producer in a really formal sense at all.
[N] And self producing we're able to really look inside [A] and open up the walls of communication
[B] with everybody that's playing with us on the [C] record [Ab] and kind of get everyone's [E] ideas and
channel them [Gb] into the recordings and not feel like we [G] have to strive to achieve a certain sound.
[E] And in some ways I feel like that [B] helps us keep it honest.
And [E] I think that's probably what we strive most [Db] to do is just to make the [G] music that
we feel most comfortable making and [Bb] not feel like we have to fit in any [Am] genre or any sound
specifically.
[A] And I think part of the nature of the music that [B] inspires us, a lot of [C] bluegrass and a
lot of old time and we play [D] mostly acoustic instruments that we've played for a [A] long time.
And so [G] just that notion of being able to [E] just sit down in any [B] setting and make your music
and you don't need a lot of bells and whistles and you don't need all this production.
That's really our comfort zone.
And [N] I think the thought of making a record that had a lot of stuff going on [G] that we wouldn't
be able to just like get together [D] and play _ [A] _ is something that we've I think wanted [E] to
stay away from.
Yeah.
[Db] I think that being said too, [G] there are a lot of producers that I love that [E] are really good
about capturing exactly what the band is going for and just making it [E] accessible to the people
that are popping in the records.
So yeah, I think I think of an opportunity came [A] to work with a producer that was willing
to kind of see himself as [B] a or herself [E] as a part of the band and try and achieve what
we're going for.
Then [G] we're all for it.
Just so far, we've just been happy to [Em] rely on ourselves to do it.
[A] Well, this summer is mainly just been festivals, spending the weekends out, which has been pretty fun.
[Am] But we're still sort of touring [A] behind Blind Faller and we'll have some longer [B] stretches
out this fall.
More recently, last weekend, we had a really amazing hometown show at a big outdoor amphitheater
in Raleigh at the Museum of Art in North Carolina.
And that was sort of we had never headlined a show that of [Db] that size.
It [A] was big, but it also had a very familiar feel.
It was our hometown.
We knew a lot of folks there and [C] it was it was definitely [A] a special one to remember.
So we're still kind of [N] glowing from that, I think.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [N] I'm Emily France.
And I'm Andrew Marlin.
And we play in Mandolin Orange.
Wildfire was inspired, I grew up in a really small town, which I say in the song, in North
[Am] Carolina and you know [C] there's I think right now a really [Bb] great atmosphere around the entire
world [Am] where people are really joining together and trying [Dm] to you know [Bb] make some positive
change in the world.
[N] And I feel like sometimes when I go home that that same excitement and that same energy isn't there.
And I was just mainly [C] trying to [Am] just take my experiences from growing up and just try
and wake some people up you know what I mean.
[Gb] And I think I think that's where the root of the song came from.
But [D] honestly it really felt like that song just wrote itself with everything that's going
on with the it was written right around the election time.
So [Am] when that [N] was all taking place and it felt like the world was really starting to
gravitate in a kind of not so positive way.
I was like wait guys we've [B] been through this before you know [C] so many times and we've had
so many chances to get it right.
[Dm] Like let's [A] not keep going down the same negative path.
That was one that I feel like was the easiest song on that record and maybe one of the easiest
songs for us ever.
It [B] really I mean it's easy from a technical perspective it's [C] only three chords and I don't
[A] know it just kind of came together.
We didn't have to overthink it or really strategize how we wanted it to sound it just was [Db] kind
of born that way.
And [G] that's part of the reason why it's so [F] fun to play and was [Cm] really fun to record.
[F] Yeah we've pretty pretty much self [F] produced all of our stuff.
[A] We a couple albums ago we kind of co-produced one with a guy named [C] Jeff Crawford who was
playing with [D] us at the time.
But [A] we've always really enjoyed just going to the studio [Eb] ourselves with [N] the band that
we're playing with or not.
_ [E] And just feeling like we can make them come together [A] as it happens and as it feels natural.
So we haven't worked with a producer in a really formal sense at all.
[N] And self producing we're able to really look inside [A] and open up the walls of communication
[B] with everybody that's playing with us on the [C] record [Ab] and kind of get everyone's [E] ideas and
channel them [Gb] into the recordings and not feel like we [G] have to strive to achieve a certain sound.
[E] And in some ways I feel like that [B] helps us keep it honest.
And [E] I think that's probably what we strive most [Db] to do is just to make the [G] music that
we feel most comfortable making and [Bb] not feel like we have to fit in any [Am] genre or any sound
specifically.
[A] And I think part of the nature of the music that [B] inspires us, a lot of [C] bluegrass and a
lot of old time and we play [D] mostly acoustic instruments that we've played for a [A] long time.
And so [G] just that notion of being able to [E] just sit down in any [B] setting and make your music
and you don't need a lot of bells and whistles and you don't need all this production.
That's really our comfort zone.
And [N] I think the thought of making a record that had a lot of stuff going on [G] that we wouldn't
be able to just like get together [D] and play _ [A] _ is something that we've I think wanted [E] to
stay away from.
Yeah.
[Db] I think that being said too, [G] there are a lot of producers that I love that [E] are really good
about capturing exactly what the band is going for and just making it [E] accessible to the people
that are popping in the records.
So yeah, I think I think of an opportunity came [A] to work with a producer that was willing
to kind of see himself as [B] a or herself [E] as a part of the band and try and achieve what
we're going for.
Then [G] we're all for it.
Just so far, we've just been happy to [Em] rely on ourselves to do it.
[A] Well, this summer is mainly just been festivals, spending the weekends out, which has been pretty fun.
[Am] But we're still sort of touring [A] behind Blind Faller and we'll have some longer [B] stretches
out this fall.
More recently, last weekend, we had a really amazing hometown show at a big outdoor amphitheater
in Raleigh at the Museum of Art in North Carolina.
And that was sort of we had never headlined a show that of [Db] that size.
It [A] was big, but it also had a very familiar feel.
It was our hometown.
We knew a lot of folks there and [C] it was it was definitely [A] a special one to remember.
So we're still kind of [N] glowing from that, I think.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _