The Wood Song chords by Indigo Girls

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro:

C  D7sus4  F  G  C
C  D7sus4  F  G  C



♫ Verse 1:
C                       D7sus4
  The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear
F                 G                C
  My friends and I have had a tough time
C                          D7sus4
  Bruising our brains, hard up against change
F                G             C
  All the old dogs and the magician

C                                D7sus4
  Now I see we're in the boat in two by twos
F               G                   C
  Only the heart that we have for a tool we could use
C                                 D7sus4
  And the very close quarters are hard to get used to
F                 G                  C
  Love weighs the hull down with its weight


♫ Chorus:
                  C                      D7sus4
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
                    F G                C
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
                    C                           D7sus4
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
F                G       C     F  G  C
That's where I need to go


♫ Verse 2:
C                                D7sus4
  No way construction of this tricky plan
F               G                 C
  Was built by other than a greater hand
C                         D7sus4
  With a love that passes all our understanding
F                G             C
  Watching closely over the journey

C                                      D7sus4
  Yeah, but what it takes to cross the great divide
F                 G                     C
  Seems more than all the courage I can muster up inside
C                                          D7sus4
  But we get to have some answers, when we reach the other side
F                     G                C
  The prize is always worth the rocky ride


♫ Chorus:
                  C                      D7sus4
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
                    F G                C
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
                    C                           D7sus4
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
F                G       C     F  G  C
That's where I need to go


♫ Bridge:
D                     Em7
  Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look
A                    D
  Skip to the final chapter of the book
D                                                Em7
  And then maybe steer us clear from some of the pain it took
A                             F         Gsus4  G
  To get us where we are this far, this far

(Yeah, yeah)
C                                D7sus4
  But the question drowns in its futility
F           G               C
  And even I have got to laugh at me
C                                  D7sus4
  No one gets to miss the storm of what will be
F               G            C
  Just holding on for the ride


♫ Chorus:
                  C                      D7sus4
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
                    F G                C
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
                    C                           D7sus4
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
F                G       C     F  G  C
That's where I need to go