Closer to Fine
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Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
#Capo on 2nd fret
G
G6
C9
Dsus
D
D9
D
G
G6
C9
Dsus
D
D9
D
I'm
G
tryin' to tell you
G6
somethin 'bout my
C9
life
Dsus
D
D9
D
maybe
G
give me insight
G6
between black and
C9
white
Dsus
D
D9
D
And the
D11
best thing you've ever done for
C
me
Is to
D11
help me take my life less serious
C
ly
Its only life
G
after all.
G6
C9
Dsus
D
D9
D
Well
G
darkness has a
G6
hunger that in
C9
satiable
Dsus
D
D9
[
D]
and
G
lightness has a
G6
call thats hard to
C9
hear.
Dsus
D
D9
D
And I
D11
wrap my fear around me like a
C
blanket.
I
D11
sailed my ship of safety til I
C
sank it.
I'm crawling on your
G
shores.
Chorus
CHORUS (1)
I
D
went to the doctor, I
C9
went to the
G
mountain
I
D
looked to children, I
C9
drank from the
G
fountain
CHORUS (2)
Theres
D11
more than one answer to these
C
questions
Pointing me in a
G
crooked line.
And the
D11
less I seek my source for some
C
definitive
The closer I
G
am to fine
G6
C9
The
Dsus
closer I
G
am to fine
G6
C9
D
And I
G
went to see the
G6
doctor of phi
C9
losphy
Dsus
D
D9
[D
]
With a
G
poster of Ras
G6
putin and a
C9
beard down to his knee.
Dsus
D
D9
D
He
D11
never did marry, or
C
see a B grade movie.
He
D11
graded my performance, he
C
said he could see through me.
I spent
G
four years prostrate
D
to the higher mind,
C9
Got my
D
paper and I was free.
G
CHORUS (1)
CHORUS (2)
Bridge - Whistle
D11
C
D11
C
I
G
stopped by a
G6
bar at three AM
C9
Dsus
D
D9
D
To seek
G
solace in a
G6
bottle, or
C9
possibly a
Dsus
friend.
D
D9
[D
]
I
D11
woke up with a headache like my
C
head against a board
D11
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the
C
night before
and I
D
went seeking clari
G
ty.
CHORUS (1)
We
D
go to the doctor, we
C9
go to the
G
mountain
We
D
look to the children, we
C9
drink from the
G
fountain.
We
D
go to the Bible, we
C9
go through the
G
workout
We
D
read up on revival, we
C9
stand up for the
G
lookout.
CHORUS (2)
Speed