Tuning: E A D G B E

spotify:track:6aox3IBEvH5Deqx8RfSD3n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1bMvxfguo Songwriters: Amy Ray Worked out on request for kmtruhan [Intro] D Em A G [Verse 1]

^D Look a gift horse in the mouth ^Em go get a job ^A Last best deal I ever got was a ^Gquarter for a beer on the quad ^D Nevilles singing on a makeshift stage ^Em you sittin' on a towel in the shade ^A Came from a foreign town and you ^Gsmoked a joint with Jackson Browne

[Pre-Chorus 1]

^DWhat if my ^D/C#pain won’t de^G/Bliver ^D/Ame What if my ^Estasis ^Gcrushes me with ^Aboredom If I ^Dread into ^D/C# everything you ^G/Bsay to me ^D/A I will ^Emnever get the ^D/F#meaning of your ^Gwords like when you ^Awrote them

[Chorus 1]

^DWhen we were ^Emwriters ^D/F#when we were ^Cfighters Be^Gfore we found purpose and ^Amade deals with God Let’s ^Dpull an all ^Emnighter push ^D/F#wood in the ^Cfire It ^Gmight just look like smoke in my ^Aeyes but I’m still burning in - [Interlude] side

[Interlude] D Em A G [Verse 2]

^D Some sailed the calmer seas ^Em serial monogamy ^A Best trip I ever took was on the ^Gship that I wrecked and how I got set free ^D Strange boy in the Vegas summer ^EmDancing by the pool to a different drummer ^A Maybe a heat mirage ^G or a message in camouflage

[Pre-Chorus 2]

^DWhat if I ^D/C#thought that the ^G/Bbest of me ^D/ASpending my ^Edays ^Gdoing just ^Afine To ^Dshort change my ^D/C#true full ^G/Bcapacity ^D/A And ^Emrecognize it ^D/F#just when I was ^Grunning out of ^Atime

[Chorus 2]

^DWhen we were ^Emwriters ^D/F#we were ig^Cniters ^GBlisters to callus to ^Ascars from the war The ^Dsentence gets ^Emtighter the ^D/F#impact grows ^Cwider When ^Gnothing is wasted nor ^Achances denied

[Bridge]

I’ve had my ^Emday in the ^D/F#sun that’s no lie ^G But I’m still ^Aburning inside ^F The slings and arrows ^G the passage narrows ^C The story harrowing the ^Fmword becomes flesh ^D Wrestle the beast that ^Gmleaves you diminished It’s ^Emalright you will ^D/F#never be ^Gfinished ^A

[End-Chorus]

^DWhen you’re a ^Emwriter ^D/F#when you’re a ^Cfighter ^GEasy to be cruel ^Abetter to be kind ^DPlow through the ^Emstalks of your ^D/F#heart’s tinder ^Cbox ^GFlint to the rock and you’ll ^Afind you’re still burning in - [Outro] side

[Outro] D Em A G D Em A G D

Indigo Girls - When we were writers