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