Caramia chords by Indigo Girls

Chords with lyrics

CARAMIA (Emily Saliers)
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>From the album "Shaming of the Sun"

The song is in 6/8, each chord delineated below represents 1/2 measure or
count of 3. Please read the notes at the bottom for some of the chord
approximations.

(Intro)
D5D5  D5/B  D5/C#  D5D5  A minorAm  Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2  (x2)

D5D5  D5D5  C9C9  Eb MajorEb  D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD  D MajorD

(Verse 1)
D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE
Cara...

     E minorEm  E minorEm  G+G  C#dimC#dim  D MajorD  G minorGm  D MajorD
You used to...

    D MajorD     D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  B7B7  B7B7  B7B7  B7B7
'Cause you hurt...

       E minorEm  E minorEm  G+G  C#dimC#dim  D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD

  ...your notebook...

  D MajorD     Bm7Bm7  Bm7Bm7  Bm7Bm7  Bm7Bm7  E minorEm  E minorEm  E minorEm
And some say...

E minorEm      DmDm  DmDm  DmDm  DmDm  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD
Will you get...

D MajorD    G+G    G+G  C#dimC#dim  C#dimC#dim  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD
How you mixed...

 D MajorD        E minorEm  E minorEm  G+G  C#dimC#dim
Until your chemistry...

    D5D5  D5/B  D5/C#  D MajorD  A minorAm  Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2
...to rage

(Refrain)
D5D5  D5/B  D5/C#  D5D5  A minorAm  Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2
Why...

D5D5  D5/B  D5/C#  D5D5  A minorAm  Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2
Where...

  D5D5       D5/B  D5/C#  D5D5
For three nights...

      A minorAm     Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2
But I've forgotten...

       D5D5   D5/B  D5/C#  D5D5
And there's a sea...

    A minorAm    Am/B  Am/C  Asus2Asus2
And I'm struck....

D5D5  D5D5  C9C9  Eb5Eb5  D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD  D MajorD

(Interlude)
D5D5  D5/E  D5/G  D5/F#  D5/C  D5/C  D5/C  D5/C  (x2)

(Verse 2 - just like 1, except for a tacet near the end that you'll
 know where to place from listening to the recording)

(Repeat Refrain)

Notes:

Drop D MajorD tuning (DADGBE) is suggested. For the most part, play the D5D5 by
just playing a D MajorD chord and muting the high-E string. The exception is
the interlude, where if you can reach your pinky up to grab an upper A augmentedA
(5th fret), you'll get a much more interesting imitation of the actual
song.

The 2nd and 3rd chord may actually be variants of G6, rather than D5.
Playing them as (X2003X) and (X4003X) sounds just as good, possibly
more exotic than the D5D5 variations (X2023X) and (X4023X).

The only remotely weird chord is the C#dimC#dim (X45650). Play the D-Gm-D
by sliding from the D MajorD into a short version of G minorGm (XXX333) and back
to D MajorD again.

- Nick Rivette ([email protected])