Chords for Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine on Letterman 1989

Our next guests are natives of Atlanta, Georgia, and this is their new album right here entitled Indigo Girls making their network television
Debut right here on our program, please welcome Indigo Girls
I'm _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [F#m] trying to tell you something about my life
[E]
[A] Maybe give [F#m] me a side between black and [E] white
And the best thing you've [D] ever done for me
You [E] said me take my life [D] less seriously
It's only [A] life after [F#m] all Yeah
[E] _ _
[A] Well darkness [F#m] has a hunger that's [E] insatiable
[A] And [F#m] lightness has a cold it's hard [D] to [E] hear
And I wrap [B] my fear around [D] me like blankets
[B] And I sell my supposed safety [D] till I say get I'm crawling [A] on your shoulder
_ [E] I
Went to the doctor.
[F#m] I [A] went to the mountains
[E] I look to the children [F#m] I [A] drank from the [B] fountains
There's more than one answer [D] to these questions
for any [A] little crooked line [B] and
Unless I see my source for [D] some _ _ [A] Closer
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
[A] I
Don't [F#m] see the doctor Oh [D] [E] philosophy
[A] When was [Bm] her [F#m] rescue?
Then it appeared down [E] to his knee
[B] He never did marry [D] or see a big great movie
[B] He created my performance.
[D] He said it could see through me
[A] I spent four years [E] prostrate to the [F#m] higher mind [E] got my paper
[A] _ _ _ [E] free
Now into the doctor [D] I [A] went to the mountains
[E] I look to the children [F#m] I [A] drank from the [B] fountains
There's more than one answer [D] to these questions
for [A] any little crooked line
[Bm] And the less I seek my source for [D] some _ Closer [A] I Am [Bm] I
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
[A] Stop [F#m] by the bar 3 a.m
[E]
[A] To seek [F#m] solace in a bottle or possibly a friend [E] and I woke up with a headache
[D] Like my head against the board
[E] Twice as cloudy as [D] I've been the night before without winning [A] seeking clarity
_ [E] I went to the doctor
[F#m] I [A] went to the mountains
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] Mountains Mountains
[E] We go _ _
[F#m] _ [A] through the [E] workout we read up on revival [F#m] we stand [A] up for the [B] lookouts
There's more than one answer [D] to these questions
for any [A] little crooked line
And [B] the less I see my source for [D] some
Sinius closer
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [N] Amy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Amy _ _ _ _ Ray and Emily so you're Emily you're Amy
_ You're no no no it's just indigo isn't it can't remember no I think it is just indigo
You're from Decatur, Georgia that part of the world.
That's it.
Yeah, what are things like down there these days slow
But but a lot of great rock and roll music coming out of Georgia right now yeah, how does that happen just one of those deals
We were just like really supportive
_ _ Yeah, and then it just kind of took off like other spots in the country
Yeah, what what does that what does the name of the group mean what is the
_ It's just uh we needed a name a group name, so I went to the dictionary for some ideas.
Well good
_ You _ _ have a tattoo there in your arm yeah _ _
You know you know that that won't come [F] off _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] Yeah
And so [N] boy the album is being received just great isn't people going crazy for the thing
And you're on the road with who is it now?
Well, we were with REM and then the violent themes and now we're alone
Good well nice to have you here, and I'm sorry if I goofed up the name, but it is just indigo
Thank you very much _ _ _ _ _ _