Chords for Indigo Girls - "Closer to Fine" (XPoNential Music Festival 2015)
Tempo:
87.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I think this is live on the radio so y'all can be heard.
Give another chance.
One, [A] two, ready!
[F#]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] I'm trying to tell you [F#] something about my life.
Maybe give me [F#] insight between black and white.
[E] And the best thing you've ever done [D] for me
[B] is [E] to help me take my life less [D] seriously.
It's only [F#m] life after [F#] all, yeah.
Well, [D] [A] darkness [F#] has a hunger [D] that's insatiable.
[A] And lightness [F#] has a call that's [D] hard to hear.
[E] But I wrap my fear around me like a blanket.
[E] I seal my shuffle safety till [D] I sank it.
I'm crawling on [A] your shore.
Here we go.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went to [A] the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in [A] a crooked line.
[E] The less I seek my source, the [D] softer it is.
[A]
[B] Closer [A] I am to [F#] find, yeah.
[E] [A] I went to see [B] the doctor of philosophy
with a poster of Rasputin and [D] a beard down to [E] his knee.
He never did marry.
[D] We'll see a B-grade movie.
[E] He graded my performance.
[D] And he said he could see through me.
I [A] spent four years [E] prostrate to the higher mind.
I got my paper and I [A] was free.
[E] I went to the doctor.
I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] Yeah, well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing [A] in a crooked line.
The [E] less I seek my source, the [D] softer it [A] is.
[B] [A] Closer I am to find, yeah.
[E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [F#m] [A] Well, I stopped [B] by the bar at 3 AM
[A] to seek [B] solace in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And then I woke up with a headache
[D] like my head against a board.
[E] I was twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[Bm] I went [A] to the [E] mountains.
I looked to the children.
[Bm] I drank [A] from the [E] fountains.
Yeah, we go to the doctor.
[D] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
We [A] drink from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] we go to the Bible.
[Bm] We go through [A] the workouts.
[E] We read a poem revival.
[A] [F#] There's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in a crooked [A] line.
The less I seek my [B] source, the [D] softer it is.
[A]
[B] [E] Closer [B] I am to find.
Closer [A]
I am [F#] to find, yeah.
[A] I'm [B]
turning brown.
[A] [E]
Heavens, oh, I'm [B] disappointing.
[F#] [A]
Give another chance.
One, [A] two, ready!
[F#]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] I'm trying to tell you [F#] something about my life.
Maybe give me [F#] insight between black and white.
[E] And the best thing you've ever done [D] for me
[B] is [E] to help me take my life less [D] seriously.
It's only [F#m] life after [F#] all, yeah.
Well, [D] [A] darkness [F#] has a hunger [D] that's insatiable.
[A] And lightness [F#] has a call that's [D] hard to hear.
[E] But I wrap my fear around me like a blanket.
[E] I seal my shuffle safety till [D] I sank it.
I'm crawling on [A] your shore.
Here we go.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went to [A] the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in [A] a crooked line.
[E] The less I seek my source, the [D] softer it is.
[A]
[B] Closer [A] I am to [F#] find, yeah.
[E] [A] I went to see [B] the doctor of philosophy
with a poster of Rasputin and [D] a beard down to [E] his knee.
He never did marry.
[D] We'll see a B-grade movie.
[E] He graded my performance.
[D] And he said he could see through me.
I [A] spent four years [E] prostrate to the higher mind.
I got my paper and I [A] was free.
[E] I went to the doctor.
I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] Yeah, well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing [A] in a crooked line.
The [E] less I seek my source, the [D] softer it [A] is.
[B] [A] Closer I am to find, yeah.
[E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [F#m] [A] Well, I stopped [B] by the bar at 3 AM
[A] to seek [B] solace in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And then I woke up with a headache
[D] like my head against a board.
[E] I was twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[Bm] I went [A] to the [E] mountains.
I looked to the children.
[Bm] I drank [A] from the [E] fountains.
Yeah, we go to the doctor.
[D] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
We [A] drink from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] we go to the Bible.
[Bm] We go through [A] the workouts.
[E] We read a poem revival.
[A] [F#] There's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in a crooked [A] line.
The less I seek my [B] source, the [D] softer it is.
[A]
[B] [E] Closer [B] I am to find.
Closer [A]
I am [F#] to find, yeah.
[A] I'm [B]
turning brown.
[A] [E]
Heavens, oh, I'm [B] disappointing.
[F#] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
B
F#
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E
D
I think this is live on the radio so y'all can be heard.
Give another chance.
One, [A] two, ready!
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] I'm trying to tell you [F#] something about my life.
_ Maybe give me [F#] insight between black and white.
[E] _ And the best thing you've ever done [D] for me
[B] is [E] to help me take my life less [D] seriously.
It's only [F#m] life after [F#] all, yeah.
Well, [D] _ _ _ [A] darkness [F#] has a hunger [D] that's insatiable.
[A] And lightness [F#] has a call that's [D] hard to hear.
_ [E] But I wrap my fear around me like a blanket.
_ [E] I seal my shuffle safety till [D] I sank it.
I'm crawling on [A] your shore.
Here we go.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went to [A] the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in [A] a crooked line.
_ [E] The less I seek my source, the [D] softer it is.
[A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ Closer [A] I am to [F#] find, _ yeah.
[E] _ [A] I went to see [B] the doctor of philosophy
_ with a poster of Rasputin and [D] a beard down to [E] his knee.
He never did marry.
[D] We'll see a B-grade movie.
[E] He graded my performance.
[D] And he said he could see through me.
I [A] spent four years [E] prostrate to the higher mind.
I got my paper and I [A] was free. _
_ [E] I went to the doctor.
I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] Yeah, well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing [A] in a crooked line.
The [E] less I seek my source, the [D] softer it [A] is. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Closer I am to find, _ _ yeah.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] Well, I stopped [B] by the bar at 3 AM
_ [A] to seek [B] solace in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And then I woke up with a headache
[D] like my head against a board.
[E] I was twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
_ [E] I went to the doctor.
[Bm] I went [A] to the [E] mountains.
I looked to the children.
[Bm] I drank [A] from the [E] fountains.
Yeah, we go to the doctor.
[D] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
We [A] drink from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] we go to the Bible.
[Bm] We go through [A] the workouts.
[E] We read a poem revival. _
[A] _ _ [F#] There's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in a crooked [A] line.
The less I seek my [B] source, the [D] softer it is.
_ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] Closer [B] I am to find.
_ _ _ Closer [A]
I am [F#] to find, _ yeah. _ _
[A] _ _ I'm _ _ [B] _ _
_ turning brown. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
Heavens, oh, I'm [B] disappointing.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _
Give another chance.
One, [A] two, ready!
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] I'm trying to tell you [F#] something about my life.
_ Maybe give me [F#] insight between black and white.
[E] _ And the best thing you've ever done [D] for me
[B] is [E] to help me take my life less [D] seriously.
It's only [F#m] life after [F#] all, yeah.
Well, [D] _ _ _ [A] darkness [F#] has a hunger [D] that's insatiable.
[A] And lightness [F#] has a call that's [D] hard to hear.
_ [E] But I wrap my fear around me like a blanket.
_ [E] I seal my shuffle safety till [D] I sank it.
I'm crawling on [A] your shore.
Here we go.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went to [A] the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in [A] a crooked line.
_ [E] The less I seek my source, the [D] softer it is.
[A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ Closer [A] I am to [F#] find, _ yeah.
[E] _ [A] I went to see [B] the doctor of philosophy
_ with a poster of Rasputin and [D] a beard down to [E] his knee.
He never did marry.
[D] We'll see a B-grade movie.
[E] He graded my performance.
[D] And he said he could see through me.
I [A] spent four years [E] prostrate to the higher mind.
I got my paper and I [A] was free. _
_ [E] I went to the doctor.
I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children [D] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] Yeah, well, there's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing [A] in a crooked line.
The [E] less I seek my source, the [D] softer it [A] is. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Closer I am to find, _ _ yeah.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] Well, I stopped [B] by the bar at 3 AM
_ [A] to seek [B] solace in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And then I woke up with a headache
[D] like my head against a board.
[E] I was twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
_ [E] I went to the doctor.
[Bm] I went [A] to the [E] mountains.
I looked to the children.
[Bm] I drank [A] from the [E] fountains.
Yeah, we go to the doctor.
[D] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
We [A] drink from the fountains.
Yeah, [E] we go to the Bible.
[Bm] We go through [A] the workouts.
[E] We read a poem revival. _
[A] _ _ [F#] There's more than one answer to [D] these questions
pointing in a crooked [A] line.
The less I seek my [B] source, the [D] softer it is.
_ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] Closer [B] I am to find.
_ _ _ Closer [A]
I am [F#] to find, _ yeah. _ _
[A] _ _ I'm _ _ [B] _ _
_ turning brown. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
Heavens, oh, I'm [B] disappointing.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _