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CLOSER TO FINE (Emily Saliers) ------------------------------ 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 C (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 D11 (554030) is really easy. On the full-measure C chords, hammer-on and pull-off with your middle finger on the D string, so that the chord alternates between C 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): G G6/A C(9) Dsus D D(9) D E ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---2---0---2-2-2-| B ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-|----3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3-| G ----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-|----0---0-0-0-2---2---2---2-2-2-| D ----0---0-0-0-0-----2---2-2-2-2-|----2---2-2-2-0---0---0---0-0-0-| A ----2---2-2-2-2-0---------------|3-------------------------------| E 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."
G[intG6/Aro] C(9)

Ds,D,D9,D

G G6/A C(9)

Ds,D,D9,D

I'm Gtrying to tell you sG6/Aomething 'bout my lC(9)ife

Ds,D,D9,D

Maybe Ggive me insight bG6/Aetween black and whC(9)ite

Ds,D,D9,D

And the D11best thing you've eD11ver done for mCe C Is to D11help me take my lD11ife less seriouslCy; it's oCnly life aGfter all G6/A C(9) Ds,D,D9,D [instrumental]
Well Gdarkness has a hG6/Aunger that's inC(9)satiable

Ds,D,D9,D

And Glightness has a cG6/Aall that's hard to heC(9)ar

Ds,D,D9,D

I D11wrapped my fear arD11ound me like a blCanket C I D11sailed my ship of sD11afety till I sCank it; I'm Ccrawling on your shGor

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e D G
I Dwent to the dDoctor, I C(9)went to the moGuntains I Dlooked to the chiDldren, I C(9)drank from the foGuntain There's D11more than one aD11nswer to these quCestions pCointing me in a crGooked lineG And the D11less I seek my sD11ource for some deCfi

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nitive, the

n.C.

closer I Gam to fine,G6/A C(9) The Dsuscloser I Gam to fineG6/A C(9)

Ds,D,D9,D

I wGent to see the dG6/Aoctor of philC(9)osophy

Ds,D,D9,D

With a Gposter of RaspG6/Autin and a beC(9)ard down to his knDee He D11never did mD11arry or Csee a B grade mCovie He D11graded my perfD11ormance, he Csaid he could see thrCough me I spent G4 years prostrate Dto the higher mC(9)ind, got my pDaper and I was Gfr

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eeD G
I Dwent to the dDoctor, I C(9)went to the moGuntains I Dlooked to chiDldren, I C(9)drank from the foGuntain There's D11more than one aD11nswer to these quCestions pCointing me in a crGooked lineG And the D11less I seek my sD11ource for some deCfi

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nitive, the

n.C.

closer I Gam to fine,G6/A C(9) The Dsuscloser I Gam to fineG6/A C(9)

Ds,D,D9,D

D[whiDstle]C(9) C(9) D D C(9) C(9) I Gstopped by the bG6/Aar at 3 A.C(9)M.

Ds,D,D9,D

To seek Gsolace in a bG6/Aottle or pC(9)ossibly a friDend And I D11woke up with a heD11adache like my hCead against a bCoard D11Twice as cloudy D11as I'd been the niCght before, and I Cwent in seeking clGarity G
I Dwent to the dDoctor, I C(9)went to the moGuntains I Dlooked to chDildren, I C(9)drank from the foGuntain We Dgo to the dDoctor, we C(9)go to the moGuntains We Dlook to the chDildren, we C(9)drink from the foGuntain We Dgo to the bDible, we C(9)go through the wGorkout We Dread up on revDival, we C(9)stand[[stop]} up for the lookoGut[[stop]} There's D11more than one aD11nswer to these quCestions Cpointing me in a crGooked lineG And the D11less I seek my sD11ource for some deCfinitive, the

n.C.

closer I Gam to fine,G6/A C(9) The Dsuscloser I Gam to fineG6/A C(9) The Dsuscloser I Gam to fine G6/A C(9)

Ds,D,D9,D

G.

CHORDS: G = 320033 G6/A = x02033 C(9) = x32033 or x32030 or 330010 D = x00232 Dsus = x00233 D(9)= x00230 C = 332010 D11 = 554030 - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com