Chords for Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (Official HD Video)
Tempo:
97.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
A
E
D
F#m
Bm
A
E
D
[A] [F#m] [E] [A] .
[E] [A] I'm trying to [F#m] tell you something about my life.
[E] [A] Maybe give me [F#m] insight between black and [E] white.
And the best thing you've ever [D] done for me, [E] is to help me take my life [D] less seriously.
It's only [A] life after [F#m] all.
Yeah.
[E] [A] Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable.
[E] [A] And lightness [F#m] has a call [D] that's hard to [E] hear.
[A] I wrap my fear around me [D] like a blanket.
[A] I sail my [F#m] ship of safety [D] till I sank it.
I'm crawling [A] on your shores.
I [E] went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m].
I drank [A] from the fountains.
[Bm] There's more than one answer [D] to these questions, pointing [A] me in a crooked line.
[F#m] And the [Bm] less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
Closer [A].
I am to fire.
[Bm] [D] [E] Closer [A].
I am to [Bm] [D] fire.
[E] And [A] I went to see the doctor [F#m] of [E] philosophy.
[A] With a poster [F#m] of Rasputin and a beer down [E] to his knee.
He [A] never did marry [D] or see a big, great movie.
[A] He graded my performance.
[D] He said he could see through me.
[A] I spent four years [E] prostrate to the [D] higher [F#m] mind.
[E] Got my paper and [A] I was free.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[A] I went to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[Bm] There's more than one answer [D] to these questions, pointing [A] me in a crooked line.
And the less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
Closer [A].
I am to [F#m] fire.
[E] [A] Closer I am to fire.
[E] .
[D] [F#m] [E] .
[D] [A] I stopped by the bar at 3 a.
m.
[E] To [A] seek solace [F#m] in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And I woke up with a headache [D] like my head against a board.
[A].
Twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[D] I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] We go to the doctor.
[F#m] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
[D] We drink [A] from the fountains.
[E] We go to the Bible.
[A] We go through the workout.
[E] We read up on the Bible.
[A] We stand up for the lookout.
There's more than one answer to [D] these questions, pointing me [A] in a crooked line.
And the [Bm] less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
[A] Closer I am to [D] fire.
[A] [E] Closer [A] I am to [F#m] fire.
[E] Closer [A] I am to [Bm] [D] fire.
[E] [A] .
[E] [A] I'm trying to [F#m] tell you something about my life.
[E] [A] Maybe give me [F#m] insight between black and [E] white.
And the best thing you've ever [D] done for me, [E] is to help me take my life [D] less seriously.
It's only [A] life after [F#m] all.
Yeah.
[E] [A] Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable.
[E] [A] And lightness [F#m] has a call [D] that's hard to [E] hear.
[A] I wrap my fear around me [D] like a blanket.
[A] I sail my [F#m] ship of safety [D] till I sank it.
I'm crawling [A] on your shores.
I [E] went to the doctor.
[F#m] I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m].
I drank [A] from the fountains.
[Bm] There's more than one answer [D] to these questions, pointing [A] me in a crooked line.
[F#m] And the [Bm] less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
Closer [A].
I am to fire.
[Bm] [D] [E] Closer [A].
I am to [Bm] [D] fire.
[E] And [A] I went to see the doctor [F#m] of [E] philosophy.
[A] With a poster [F#m] of Rasputin and a beer down [E] to his knee.
He [A] never did marry [D] or see a big, great movie.
[A] He graded my performance.
[D] He said he could see through me.
[A] I spent four years [E] prostrate to the [D] higher [F#m] mind.
[E] Got my paper and [A] I was free.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[A] I went to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[Bm] There's more than one answer [D] to these questions, pointing [A] me in a crooked line.
And the less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
Closer [A].
I am to [F#m] fire.
[E] [A] Closer I am to fire.
[E] .
[D] [F#m] [E] .
[D] [A] I stopped by the bar at 3 a.
m.
[E] To [A] seek solace [F#m] in a bottle or possibly [E] a friend.
And I woke up with a headache [D] like my head against a board.
[A].
Twice as cloudy as I'd [D] been the night before.
And I went in [A] seeking clarity.
[E] I went to the doctor.
[D] I went [A] to the mountains.
[E] I looked to the children.
[F#m] I drank [A] from the fountains.
[E] We go to the doctor.
[F#m] We go [A] to the mountains.
[E] We look to the children.
[D] We drink [A] from the fountains.
[E] We go to the Bible.
[A] We go through the workout.
[E] We read up on the Bible.
[A] We stand up for the lookout.
There's more than one answer to [D] these questions, pointing me [A] in a crooked line.
And the [Bm] less I seek my source, the more [D] some definitive.
[A] Closer I am to [D] fire.
[A] [E] Closer [A] I am to [F#m] fire.
[E] Closer [A] I am to [Bm] [D] fire.
[E] [A] .