{t:Closer To Fine} {st:Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers, 1989)} {sot} General Strum Pattern 4/4 | d - D - - u d u | 1 2 & 4 & {eot} {c: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↓] {soc} 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↑] {eoc} 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↓] {soc} 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↑] {eoc} [/] [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↓] {soc} 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↓] {eoc} #Video=HUgwM1Ky228#vend #Capo on 9 to try along with original. #Last Updated 3/20/18 JJ #ubl