Closer to Fine
Emily Saliers

Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
1989

Of course this song had to appear sometime.  I am going
to see these girls in Binghamton tomorrow, so I'm getting
prepped.  I did this one with Jen last semester so I had
idea of how it went.  Hope you enjoy!

Chords

Capo 2nd

INTRO (play twice)
(anywhere you see these chords in the song, play this rhythm):

   G                 G6/A              Cadd9         D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-|---2---0---2-2-2-|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-|---3---3---3-3-3-|
G:-----0---0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-2-|---2---2---2-2-2-|
D:-----0---0-0-0-0-|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-0-|---0---0---0-0-0-|
A:-----------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
E:-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    G                  G6/A               Cadd9      D
I'm tryin' to tell you something 'bout my life
      G               G6/A                Cadd9      D
Maybe give me insight between black and white
        Dsus2*                           C
And the best thing you've ever done for me
      Dsus2*                           C
Is to help me take my life less seriously
               G         G6/A       Cadd9      D
It's only life after all     (yeah)


Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
                     G       D G
I'm crawlin' on your shore

CHORUS
  D                    Cadd9       G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountains
  D                        Cadd9          G
I looked to the children I drank from the fountain
        Dsus2*                        C                          G
There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line
        Dsus2*                           C
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
             G           G6/A        Cadd9      D
The closer I am to fine
             G           G6/A        Cadd9      D
The closer I am to fine


I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
He graded my performance he said he could see through me
        G                    D               Cadd9
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
       D               G      D G
Got my paper and I was free


CHORUS


FLUTE SOLO
Dsus2*		C
Dsus2*		C


I stopped by the bar at 3 A.M.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
And I went in seeking clarity

CHORUS
I went to the doctor I went to the mountains
I looked to the children I drank from the fountain
We go to the doctor we go to the mountains
We look to the children we drink from the fountain
Yeah we go to the bible we go through the workout
We read up on revival we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

Dsus4  D  Dsus2  D	G


CHORDS:

G	320033
G6/A	x02033
Cadd9	x32033
Dsus2*	x50030
Dsus2	xx0230
Dsus4	xx0233


To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.