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Closer To Fine by Indigo Girls

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CLOSER TO FINE (Emily Saliers)
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 This song isn't too hard to play, but it sounds pretty impressive once
you've got it down. I sort of learned to play the guitar on this song.
 I've written the chords down according to the way Amy & Emily play the
song, as best as I can figure out from watching TV and stuff. If you're
not quite up to playing D11's or four-fingered C's yet, you can play the
D11's as D(9) or even D, and you can play the C's as x32010, but it won't
sound as good.
 I'd recommend learning the full Chord diagramC majorC (332010) anyway if you don't already
know it, because it's a nice chord to know; once you know it, sliding
between it and Chord diagramD11D11 (554030) is really easy.
 On the full-measure Chord diagramC majorC chords, hammer-on and pull-off with your middle
finger on the Chord diagramD MajorD string, so that the chord alternates between Chord diagramC majorC and C(9).

 The song is actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret.

 Here's the approximate tab for the introduction, and the part that
you play through the first part of the verses (but when you actually
play it, it's hard to just hit the single note at the beginning of each
chord; usually you hit two or three strings):

 Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A       C(9)     Chord diagramDsusDsus Chord diagramD MajorD D(9) Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramE MajorE ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---2---0---2-2-2-|
Chord diagramBB ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
Chord diagramG+G ----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-|----0---0-0-0-2---2---2---2-2-2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD ----0---0-0-0-0-----2---2-2-2-2-|----2---2-2-2-0---0---0---0-0-0-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA ----2---2-2-2-2-0---------------|3-------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE 3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .
 Each chord represents half of a measure, except the "Ds,D,D9,D" thing, which
is half a measure total, and "G - D", which is also half a measure total.
"D9" really means D(9), and "Ds" is Dsus. "n.c." means "no chord."


Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
[intro]

  Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramG6/AG6/A        C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
I'm ..
   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A        C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
Maybe ..
    Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC
And ..
   Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramG6/AG6/A
Is to ..
C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
[instrumental]

   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A      C(9)   Ds,D,D9,D
Well ..
  Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A         C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
And ..
 Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC
I ..
 Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G - Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
I ..

 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9)     Chord diagramG+G
I ..
Chord diagramG+G
I ..
    Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
There's ..
    Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC [stop]   n.c.
And ...
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Chord diagramDsusDsus   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
am to ..

  Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A     C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
I ..
    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramG6/AG6/A     C(9)       Chord diagramD MajorD
With ..
  Chord diagramD11D11    Chord diagramD11D11   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramC majorC
He ..
  Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramD11D11     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramC majorC
He ..
    Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD       C(9)     Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G - Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G
I ..

 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9)     Chord diagramG+G
I ..
 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9)       Chord diagramG+G
I ..
    Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
There's ..
    Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC [stop]   n.c.
And ..
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Chord diagramDsusDsus   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
am ..

Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramD MajorD  C(9)  C(9)  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramD MajorD  C(9)  C(9)
[whistle]

 Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG6/AG6/A   C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D
I ..
    Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramG6/AG6/A   C(9)     Chord diagramD MajorD
To ..
   Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramC majorC
And ..
Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramG+G
Twice ...

 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9)     Chord diagramG+G
I went ..
 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD MajorD     C(9)       Chord diagramG+G
I ..
  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramD MajorD     C(9)    Chord diagramG+G
We go ..
  Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramD MajorD     C(9)       Chord diagramG+G
We ..
  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9)      Chord diagramG+G
We ..
  Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramD MajorD    C(9) [stop]      Chord diagramG+G [stop]
We ..
    Chord diagramD11D11      Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
There's ..
    Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramD11D11       Chord diagramC majorC       n.c.
And the ..
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Chord diagramDsusDsus   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Chord diagramDsusDsus
am ..
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG6/AG6/A  C(9)  Ds,D,D9,D  G.
am ..


CHORDS:
Chord diagramG+G = 320033  Chord diagramG6/AG6/A = x02033  C(9) = x32033 or x32030 or 330010
Chord diagramD MajorD = x00232  Chord diagramDsusDsus = x00233  D(9)= x00230
Chord diagramC majorC = 332010  Chord diagramD11D11 = 554030


- Adam Schneider, [email protected]

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