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