Secure Yourself chords by Indigo Girls

Chords with lyrics

SECURE YOURSELF (Amy Ray)
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[Actually in B; capo 2.]
[Each chord represents TWO measures.]
[Asus9* means it's actually Asus9-A6sus9-Asus9-Em/A; refer to the tablature
 at the end for fingerings and rhythm.]
[The D MajorD measures usually have a little D(9) toward the end.]
[Em(4) is x02000.]

 A augmentedA [no guitar]           G+G [no guitar]
Secure ..
    D MajorD [no guitar]          A augmentedA [no guitar]
Fasten ..

Asus9*  Asus9*  Asus9*  Asus9*
[instrumental]

    Asus9                    Em(4)
In the ..
G+G              D MajorD
Solid ..
 Asus9             Em(4)
Falling ..
G+G               D MajorD
Ragged ..

 Asus9               G+G
Secure ..
    D MajorD                Asus9*   Asus9*
Fasten ..

I'm ..
Restless ..
No ..
Released..

 Asus9               G+G
Secure ..
    D MajorD                Asus9*
Fasten ..

 Asus9 [hold]           G+G [hold]
Secure ..
    D MajorD [hold]             Asus9*   Asus9*  Asus9*  Asus9
Fasten ..

In ..
Solid ..
Falling ..
Ragged ..

chorus

chorus

 (Secure ..)
 D MajorD                 A augmentedA [hold]
Released ..
 (Fasten ..)

TAB:

This tab is for the instrumental part right after the vocal/organ intro.

The D's and U's under the chord names are Amy's strumming part; D MajorD for down,
U for up. Uppercase D's and U's are accented more than lowercase d's and u's.

 Asus9     A6sus9  Asus9 Em/A Asus9     A6sus9  Asus9 Em/A
 D MajorD   U  U d U  u d U d u D MajorD u D MajorD  d U  u d U d u d U  u D MajorD u
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB ----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------5---5-|
G+G ----------------|------------6=7-|----------------|------6=7---7---|
D MajorD ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

 Asus9     A6sus9  Asus9 Em/A Asus9     A6sus9  Asus9 Em/A
 etc.
E MajorE -----(0)-(0)----|--------------0-|----9-----7-----|5-----7/9-7---7-|
BB ----------------|--------5---0---|--------0-----0-|-----------(10)-|
G+G 7=6-------------|----6=7---7-----|7/9---9-----7---|----------------|
D MajorD ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


Here's some tab for Amy's part in the Asus9* measures:
(I only marked the accented chords; you can fill in the rest.)

 Asus9     A6sus9  Asus9 Em/A
E MajorE 0-----0---0---0-|------0-----0---|
BB 0-----0---0---0-|------0-----0---|
G+G 2-----2---2---4-|------2-----0---|
D MajorD 2-----2---2---4-|------2-----2---|
A augmentedA 0-----0---0---0-|------0-----0---|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


- Adam Schneider, [email protected]