Watershed chords by Indigo Girls

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

D D/C# Bm    (x5)



🎸 Verse 1:
                     D D/C# Bm
Thought I knew my mind
                     D D/C# Bm
Like the back of my hand
                     D D/C#
The gold and the rainbow
    Bm                           C Em7/B A
But nothing panned out as I planned
              D        D7
They say only milk and honey's
     D                  G D/F# E
Gonna make your soul satisfied
                           G
Well I better learn how to swim
           A#          C          D   A
'Cause the crossing is chilly and wide

🎸 Verse 2:
             D            D/C# Bm
Twisted guardrails on the highway
                      D D/C# Bm
Broken glass on the cement
                      D D/C#
A ghost of someone's tragedy
    Bm           Bm/A           C Em7/B A
How recklessly my time has been spent
                   D         D
They say that it's never too late
        D                        G D/F# E
But you don't, you don't get any younger
                           G          G
Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness
    A#  C    D     A
And feed the hunger


🎸 Chorus:
          D        Am C
Up on the watershed
                            G D/F# A
Standing at the fork in the road
         A#m            Bm                       Bm/A
You can stand there and agonize (Stand there and agonize)
          G            E        A    Asus4  A
'Til your agony's your heaviest load
A                       D
You'll never fly as the crow flies
    Am   C            G  D/F# E
Get used to a country mile
                        G
When you're learning to face (Learning to face)
                 C
The path at your pace
      C                    D     A
Every choice is worth your while


🎸 Verse 3:
                       D  D/C#  G
And there's always retrospect

(When you're looking back)
                     D  D/C#  G
To light a clearer path
                           D     D/C#    Bm
Every five years or so I look back on my life
      G           C Em7/B A
And I have a good laugh
                 D
You start at the top (Start at the top)
               D7
Go full circle round
           D
Catch a breeze
        G D/F# E
Take a spill
               G               A#
But ending up where I started again
         C            D
Makes me wanna stand still


🎸 Chorus:
          D        Am C
Up on the watershed
                            G D/F# A
Standing at the fork in the road
         A#m            Bm                       Bm/A
You can stand there and agonize (Stand there and agonize)
          G            E        A    Asus4  A
'Til your agony's your heaviest load
A                       D
You'll never fly as the crow flies
    Am   C            G  D/F# E
Get used to a country mile
                        G
When you're learning to face (Learning to face)
                 C
The path at your pace
      C                    D
Every choice is worth your while

🎸 Bridge:
Bm                   E
Stepping on a crack (Stepping on a crack)
C                G
Breaking up and looking back
           Bm
'Til every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait
     C                             G              A        A7
'Til every step you take becomes a twist of fate (Twist of fate)


🎸 Chorus:
              D
Up on the watershed
                            G D/F# A
Standing at the fork in the road
         A#m            Bm       Bm/A
You can stand there and agonize
          G            E        A    Asus4  A
'Til your agony's your heaviest load
A                       D
You'll never fly as the crow flies
    Am        C        G  D/F# E
Get used to a country mile
                        G
When you're learning to face (Learning to face)
                 C
The path at your pace
      C                    D     A
Every choice is worth your while
A         D
Up on the watershed
                            G D/F# A
Standing at the fork in the road
         A#m            Bm                       Bm/A
You can stand there and agonize (Stand there and agonize)
          G            E        A    Asus4  A
'Til your agony's your heaviest load
A                       D
You'll never fly as the crow flies
    Am        C       G  D/F# E
Get used to a country mile
                       G
When you're learning to face (Learning to face)
                 C
The path at your pace
      C                    D     A
Every choice is worth your while
                       G
And when you're learning to face
                 C
The path at your pace
      C                    D
Every choice is worth your while

🎸 Outro:
D D/C# Bm
D D/C# Bm
D D/C# Bm