Closer To Fine Chords

by Indigo Girls
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: 2nd fret
Author AmyRayFan [a] 123.
13 contributors total, last edit on Jan 24, 2024
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Chords

G
A7sus4
Cadd9
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
C/G
Dadd4add9/A

Strumming

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G           320033
A7sus4      x02033
Cadd9       x32033
Dsus4       xx0233
D           xx0232
Dsus2       xx0230
C/G         332010
Dadd4add9/A 554030
 
 
[Intro]
 
| G         | A7sus4    | Cadd9 Dsus4 | D Dsus2 D  | x2
 
 
[Verse]
    G                   A7sus4             Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
I'm trying to tell you something about my life
       G               A7sus4            Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
Maybe give me insight between black and white
        Dadd4add9/A                     C/G
and the best thing you've ever done for me
      Dadd4add9/A                      C/G
is to help me take my life less seriously
               G         A7sus4     Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
It's only life after all
 
      G               A7sus4         Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
     G               A7sus4              Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
and lightness has a call that's hard to hear
      Dadd4add9/A                    C/G
and I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
  Dadd4add9/A                      C/G
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
                      G
I'm crawling on your shores
 
 
[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 fountains
        Dadd4add9/A                     C/G
There's more than one answer to these questions
                   G
pointing me in a crooked line
        Dadd4add9/A                      C/G
and the less I seek my source for some definitive
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
 
 
[Verse]
  G                   A7sus4             Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
I went to see the doctor of philosophy
  G                   A7sus4             Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
      Dadd4add9/A                    C/G
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
       Dadd4add9/A                    C/G
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
        G                    D             Cadd9        D
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper
          G    A7sus4  G
And I was free
 
 
[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 fountains
        Dadd4add9/A                     C/G
There's more than one answer to these questions
                   G
pointing me in a crooked line
        Dadd4add9/A                      C/G
and the less I seek my source for some definitive
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
 
 
[Interlude]
 
| Dadd4add9/A | C/G     | Dadd4add9/A | C/G     |
 
 
[Bridge]
 G                   A7sus4             Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
 G                   A7sus4             Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2  D
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
      Dadd4add9/A                    C/G
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
      Dadd4add9/A                    C/G
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
          G    A7sus4  G
I went in seeking clarity
 
 
[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 fountains
   D                    Cadd9         G
We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains
  D                         Cadd9            G
We look to the children, we drink from the fountains
  D                         Cadd9            G
We go to the bible, we go through the workout
    D                         Cadd9            G
We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout
        Dadd4add9/A                     C/G
There's more than one answer to these questions
                   G
pointing me in a crooked line
        Dadd4add9/A                      C/G
and the less I seek my source for some definitive
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The closer I am to fine
             G        A7sus4       Cadd9      Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G
The closer I am to fine
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Closer To Fine – Indigo Girls
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19 comments
jennyjenn
These chords are great. But if there's one thing that makes me give a version with accurate chords 4 or more or more stars it's someone who takes the effort to put the chords through the entire song. Very helpful for both singers and guitar players. :)
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mpressman1
Please put chords throughout to enable autoscroll for those of us that learn slow. Thanks
+8
2manydogs
the Asus is wrong it should be 4th string 2nd fret not 3rd string and the D11 just try a C and slide it up 2 frets works perfect and is alot easier
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