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Closer to Fine

Indigo Girls

 

Intro

G  G6/A  Cadd9 Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

 

 

      G                      G6/A                     Cadd9   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

I’m tryin’ to tell you something ‘bout my life

            G                    G6/A                    Cadd9  Dsus4  D Dsus2 D

Maybe give you insight between black and white

            D11                                        C

And the best thing you’ve ever done for me

        D11                                         C

Is to help me take my life less seriously--It’s only life

G        G6/A           Cadd9   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

after all,       yeah.

 

 

              G                      G6/A             Cadd9     Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Well the darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable

              G                  G6/A                    Cadd9   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

And the lightness has a call that’s hard to hear

          D11                                        C

And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket

   D11                                     C

I sailed this ship of safety ‘till I sank it

                                 G  Cadd9  G

I’m crawling on your shores

 

 

Chorus

    D

I went to the doctor

   Cadd9              G

I went to the mountain

   D

I looked to the children

   Cadd9                   G

I drank from the fountains

           D11                                         C

There’s more than one answer to these questions

                         G                Cadd9  G

Pointing me in a crooked line

             D11                                       C

And the less I seek my source for some definitive

          G                G6/A  Cadd9  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Closer I am to fine.

 

G    G6/A  Cadd9  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

 

 

          G                     G6/A          Cadd9        Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

And I went to see the doctor of philosophy

            G              G6/A           Cadd9                  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knees

       D11                     C

He never did marry or see a B-grade movie

       D11                                  C

He graded my performance, he said he could see through me

            G                          D                  C

I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind

            D                      G      Cadd9   G

Got my paper and I was free

 

 

Chorus

 

 

Instrumental

D11   C   D11  C  C/B

 

          G                G6/A           Cadd9     Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

And I stopped by a bar at three A.M.

              G             G6/A      Cadd9             Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend

          D11                                          C

And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board

D11                                         C

Twice as cloudy as I’d been the night before

                                 G  Cadd9  G

And I went in seeking clarity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Chorus

   D     

I went to the doctor

   C               G

I went to the mountain

   D

I looked to the children

    C                    G

I drank from the fountain

 

            D

And we go to the doctor

      C              G

We go to the mountains

      D

We look to the children

      C                    G

We drink from the fountains

 

              D

Yeah, we go to the bible

       C                    G

We go through the workout

      D

We read up on revival

       C                     G

We stand up for the lookout

 

            D11                                         C

There’s more than one answer to these questions

                         G               Cadd9  G

Pointing me in a crooked line

             D11                                        C

And the less I seek my source for some definitive

 

          G                G6/A  Cadd9  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Closer I am to fine

          G                G6/A  Cadd9  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Closer I am to fine

          G                G6/A  Cadd9     Dsus4 D Dsus2 D  G

Closer I am to fine           yeah

 

 

 

“Closer to Fine” Main Strumming Pattern

  G               G6/A             Cadd9        Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D
E ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---2---0---2-2-2-|
B ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
G ----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-|----0---0-0-0-2---2---2---2-2-2-|
D ----0---0-0-0-0-----2---2-2-2-2-|----2---2-2-2-0---0---0---0-0-0-|
A ----2---2-2-2-2-0---------------|3-------------------------------|
E 3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   D   D   D U D U D   D   D U D U D    D   D U D U   U    U   U D U

   1    2   3 + 4 + 1   2    3 + 4 + 1    2    3 + 4 + 1+ 2 + 3+ 4 +




This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.