Biography:
Mandolin Orange is a folk duo based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group was formed in 2009 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and consists of the group's songwriter Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and Emily Frantz (vocals, violin, guitar). Mandolin Orange has produced six albums of Marlin's original works of American roots music.
Mandolin Orange’s music radiates a mysterious warmth —their songs feel like whispered secrets, one hand cupped to your ear.
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Other songs:
- A Thousand Amen
- Big Men In The Sky
- Blue Ruin
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- Cavalry
- Clover Tune
- Darling Girl
- Daylight
- Echo
- From Now On
- Golden Embers
- Gospel Shoes
- Hard Travelin
- Haste Make
- Haste Make Hard Hearted Stranger
- Hey Adam
- Hey Stranger
- Hiawathas Lullaby
- House Of Stone
- Into The Sun
- Jump Mountain Blues
- Life On A String
- Like You Used To
- Lines On The Floor
- Little Worlds
- Lonesome Whistle
- Missouri Borderlands
- Morphine Girl
- My Blinded Heart
- No Weight
- Of Which There Is No Like
- Old Ties And Companions
- One More Down
- Picking Up Pieces
- Poor Boy Poor Me
- Rounder
- Runnin Red
- Settled Down
- Ships Sail Away
- Slither
- Stone Wall
- Suspended In Heaven
- Take This Heart Of Gold
- That Wrecking Ball
- The Doorman
- The Runaround
- The Wolves
- There Was A Time
- These Old Wheels
- Time We Made Time
- Train Song
- Turtle Dove
- Until The Last Light Fades
- Waltz About Whiskey
- Wee Bird
- Wildfire
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
"Until the Last Light Fades" - Mandolin Orange
Standard tuning, capo 4th fret
*Note: For the Dsus, use a C/G chord up a full step.
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Born to die, born to die Darling you'll live
D/F#
No longer than your years
C/G G D/F# G
If Heaven and Earth are both on the market,
C/G Dsus G
Then hell is nothing to fear.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
[Short instrumental break]
C D G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Father oh my father I'll be standing in line
D/F#
To face what faults are mine
C/G Bm Am G
It's not these old bones that I'll miss in my dying
C/G Dsus G
It's the girl I'm leaving behind.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
(Play verse chords for mandolin solo)
[Verse]
G C/G G
Love of mine sweet love of mine I'll soon return
D/F#
To the land to make room for the new
C/G Bm Am G
I'll give hell my worst and good to this earth
C/G Dsus G
As for heaven it was found in you
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
[Outro]
G
Standard tuning, capo 4th fret
*Note: For the Dsus, use a C/G chord up a full step.
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Born to die, born to die Darling you'll live
D/F#
No longer than your years
C/G G D/F# G
If Heaven and Earth are both on the market,
C/G Dsus G
Then hell is nothing to fear.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
[Short instrumental break]
C D G
[Verse]
G C/G G
Father oh my father I'll be standing in line
D/F#
To face what faults are mine
C/G Bm Am G
It's not these old bones that I'll miss in my dying
C/G Dsus G
It's the girl I'm leaving behind.
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
(Play verse chords for mandolin solo)
[Verse]
G C/G G
Love of mine sweet love of mine I'll soon return
D/F#
To the land to make room for the new
C/G Bm Am G
I'll give hell my worst and good to this earth
C/G Dsus G
As for heaven it was found in you
[Chorus]
C/G G
So where oh where have the lights gone love
Em G D/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/G Em G C/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/G Dsus G
Please stay until the last light fades.
[Outro]
G
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