# 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):

E ^G----3---3-3-3-3-^G6/A----3---3-3-3-3-|^C----3---3-^Dsus3-3-3^D---^D2-^D--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 G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D G G6/A C(9) Ds,D,D9,D [intro] G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D I'm trying to tell you something 'bout my life G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D Maybe give me insight between black and white

And the ^D11best thing you've e^D11ver done for m^Ce ^C Is to ^D11help me take my l^D11ife less seriousl^Cy; it's o^Cnly life a^Gfter all ^G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D [instrumental]

G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D And lightness has a call that's hard to hear

I ^D11wrapped my fear ar^D11ound me like a bl^Canket ^C D11 D11 C C G - D G I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it; I'm crawling on your shore

I ^Dwent to the d^Doctor, I ^Cwent to the^G mountains I ^Dlooked to the chi^Dldren, I ^Cdrank from the^G fountain There's ^D11more than one a^D11nswer to these qu^Cestions p^Cointing me in a cr^Gooked line^G D11 D11 C [stop] n.C. And the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I G G6/A C Dsus G G6/A C(9) Ds,D,D9,D am to fine, The closer I am to fine

G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D I went to see the doctor of philosophy

With a ^Gposter of Rasp^G6/Autin and a be^Card down to his^D knee He ^D11never did m^D11arry or ^Csee a B grade m^Covie He ^D11graded my perf^D11ormance, he ^Csaid he could see thr^Cough me G D C D G - D G I spent 4 years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper and I was free

I ^Dwent to the d^Doctor, I ^Cwent to the^G mountains I ^Dlooked to chi^Dldren, I ^Cdrank from the^G fountain There's ^D11more than one a^D11nswer to these qu^Cestions p^Cointing me in a cr^Gooked line^G D11 D11 C [stop] n.C. And the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I G G6/A C Dsus G G6/A C(9) Ds,D,D9,D am to fine, The closer I am to fine

D D C C(9) D D C C [whistle] G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D I stopped by the bar at 3 A.M.

To seek ^Gsolace in a b^G6/Aottle or p^Cossibly a ^Dfriend And I ^D11woke up with a he^D11adache like my h^Cead against a b^Coard ^D11Twice as cloudy ^D11as I'd been the ni^Cght before, and I ^Cwent in seeking cl^Garity ^G

I ^Dwent to the d^Doctor, I ^Cwent to the^G mountains I ^Dlooked to ch^Dildren, I ^Cdrank from the^G fountain We ^Dgo to the d^Doctor, we ^Cgo to the^G mountains We ^Dlook to the ch^Dildren, we ^Cdrink from the^G fountain We ^Dgo to the b^Dible, we ^Cgo through th^Ge workout D D C [stop] G [stop] We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout There's ^D11more than one a^D11nswer to these qu^Cestions ^Cpointing me in a cr^Gooked line^G D11 D11 C n.C. And the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I G G6/A C Dsus G G6/A C(9) Dsus am to fine, The closer I am to fine The closer I G G6/A C Ds,D,D9,D G. am to fine

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

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