This Orchid Means Good Bye 
by Carl Smith 
written by B. Bryant & M. Webb 
recorded  02/18/1953 
 
VERSE 1: 
   C       G7      C
To-night I send an orchid 
                        F
And though I'll al-ways care 
                       C
This orchid means good-bye to you 
                        G7
     and to our love af-fair 
     C
It's just my way to tell you 
                         F
And I hope that you want cry 
                 C
But I be-long to some-one else 
          G7                C
     this orchid means good-bye 
 
VERSE 2: 
C        G7            C
When you said that you lov-ed me 
                        F
     I knew it wouldn't do 
                       C
Cause I'm in love with some-one else 
                         G7
      I guess I love you too 
        C
But I'm marri-ed to a-nother 
                       F
What chance of you and I 
                  C
So I just send an orchid, dear 
          G7                 C
     This orchid, means good-bye 
 
VERSE 3: 
C        G7              C
Our love might have been dif-fer-ent 
                   F
But I made sa-cred vows 
                 C
And I can't ever break the heart 
                            G7
     that I hold with mine, now 
   C
So please for-get the past dear 
                           F
     as time goes pass-ing by 
                    C
Cause we can't ever love a-gain 
          G7                C
     This orchid means good-bye