Closer To Fine
Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers, 1989)


   General Strum Pattern
4/4 | d - D - - u d u |
      1   2     & 4 &

Intro
| [C] | [Gsus4] | [Csus4] | [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] |
| [C] | [Gsus4] | [Csus4] | [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] |

I'm [C] trying to tell you [Gsus4] something 'bout my [Csus4] life [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
Maybe [C] give me insight [Gsus4] between black 'n [Csus4] white [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And the [G] best thing you've ever done for [F] me
Is to [G] help me take my life less serious- [F] ly
It's only life [C] after all [Gsus4] yeah [Csus4] [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]

Well [C] darkness has a [Gsus4] hunger that's in- [Csus4] satiable [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And [C] lightness has a [Gsus4] call that's hard to [Csus4] hear [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
I [G] wrapped my fear around me like a [F] blanket
I [G] sailed my ship of safety till I [F] sank it I'm crawling on your [C] shores [Csus4] [C↓]

Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my | source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
The [G] closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]

I [C] went to see the [Gsus4] doctor of phil- [Csus4] osophy [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
With a [C] poster of Ras- [Gsus4] putin
And a [Csus4] beard down to his [Gsus4↓] knee [G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
He [G] never did marry or [F] see a B grade movie
He [G] graded my performance he [F] said he could see through me
I spent [C] 4 years prostrate [Gsus4] to the higher [Csus4] mind
Got my [G] paper and I was [C] free [Csus4] [C↓]

Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my | source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
The [G] closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]

| [G] | [G] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [F] |

I [C] stopped by the [Gsus4] bar at 3 A- [Csus4] M [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
To seek [C] solace in a [Gsus4] bottle or [Csus4] possibly a [Gsus4↓] friend [G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And I [G] woke up with a headache like my [F] head against a board
[G] Twice as cloudy as I'd been the [F] night before
And I went in seeking [C] clarity [Csus4] [C↓]

Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
We [G] go to the | doctor we [F] go to the [C] mountains
We [G] look to the | children we [F] drink from the [C] fountains
We [G] go to the | bible we [F] go through the [C] workout
We [G] read up on re- | vival we [F↓] stand up for the [C↓] lookout
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
[G] Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
[G] Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] [C↓]


#Capo on 9 to try along with original.
#Last Updated 3/20/18 JJ
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