Closer to Fine (A Major)
Artist: Indigo Girls    Genre: Folk-Rock    Tempo: Lively    Roman Numerals: I7sus4, m3, IV, IVsus4, IV(add9), IVsus2, m7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: ICDb   
A7sus4
(A,D,E,G)
- A E G D E
C
(C,E,G)
x,3,2,0,1,0
- C E G C E
C(add9)
(C,E,G,D)
G - E G D E
D
(D,F♯,A)
- - D A D F♯
Dsus4
(D,G,A)
- - D A D G
D(add9)
(D,F♯,A,E)
- - D A D E
Dsus2
(D,E,A)
x,x,0,2,3,0
- - D A D E
G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G


Intro
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] 		[C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]

Verse 1
I'm [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] trying to tell you		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] something about my		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] life		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
Maybe [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] give me insight		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] between black and		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] white		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
and the [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] best thing you've ever done for		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] me
is to [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] help me take my life less serious-		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] ly
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] It's only life		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] after all		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] 		[C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]

Verse 2
Well, [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] darkness has a		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] hunger that's in-		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] satiable		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
and [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] lightness has a		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] call that's hard to		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] hear		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
and I [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] wrap my fear around me like a		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] blanket
I [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] sailed my ship of safety till I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] sank it
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] I'm crawling on your		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] shores

Chorus
I [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] went to the doctor, I		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] went to the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] mountains
I [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] looked to the children, I		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] drank from the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] fountains
There's [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] more than one answer to these		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] questions pointing me in a		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] crooked line
and the [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] less I seek my source for some de-		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] finitive
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] The closer I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] am to fi		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] ne		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] The closer I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] am to fi		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] ne		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]

Verse
I [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] went to see the		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] doctor of philoso-		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] phy		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
With a [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] poster of		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] Rasputin and a beard down to his		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] knee		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
He [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] never did marry or see a B-grade		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] movie
He [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] graded my performance, he		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] said he could see through me
I spent [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] four years prostrate		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] to the higher		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] mind, got my		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] paper
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] And I was		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] free		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh]
REPEAT CHORUS

Interlude
[D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] 		[D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third]

Bridge
I [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] stopped by the		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] bar at 3 a.		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] m.		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
To seek [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] solace in a		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] bottle or possibly a		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] friend		 [Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
I [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] woke up with a headache like my		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] head against a board
Twice as [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] cloudy as I'd been the night be-		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] fore
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] I went in		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] seeking		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] clarity		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh]

Outro Chorus
I [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] went to the doctor, I		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] went to the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] mountains
I [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] looked to the children, I		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] drank from the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] fountains
We [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] go to the doctor, we		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] go to the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] mountains
We [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] look to the children, we		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] drink from the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] fountains
We [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] go to the bible, we go		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] through the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] workout
We [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] read up on revival and we		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] stand up for the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] LOOKOUT!
There's [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] more than one answer to these		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] questions
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] pointing me in a		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] crooked line
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] and the		 [D(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Perfect Fourth] less I seek my source for some de-		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] finitive
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] The closer I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] am to fi		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] ne		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] The closer I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] am to fi		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] ne		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth]
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] The closer I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] am to fi		 [A7sus47th, Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] ne		 [C(add9)Added 9th Chord (U,M3,P5,M9)
on the Minor Third] 		[Dsus4Suspended 4th Chord (U,P4,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[Dsus2Suspended 2nd Chord (U,M2,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh]

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