Closer to Fine Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Closer to Fine chord and guitar lesson by the Indigo Girls. This is a great 90s classic that has a lot to teach you about strumming. It also has the cool D to Dsus trick you here in lots of songs. So let’s talk about the chord we’re going to be using first.
This song uses a capo at the 2nd fret so all chords below are relative to the capo.
The other great things is we are using a lot of the stuck like glue chords!
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This song has a lot of strumming patterns. I even here areas on the C to Dmaj7 where there is a lot of improvisation and openness that comes in. So feel free to explore outside of what you see here.
Main Strumming Pattern 1:
1 2 3 + 4 +
BD UD U
Main Strumming Pattern 2:
1 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDU U D U
Main Strumming Pattern 3:
1 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDU DU DU
|Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff Section:
Cadd9 Dsus4 D sus2 D sus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
B D U DU U U U D U
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Intro:
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Verse:
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
I’m tryin’ to tell you something ‘bout my life
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Maybe give you insight between black and white
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
And the best thing you’ve ever done for me
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
Is to help me take my life less seriously--It’s only life
G A7sus4 Cadd9 [Dsus4 D Dsus2 D]
after all, yeah.
Verse:
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Well the darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
And the lightness has a call that’s hard to hear
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
I sailed this ship of safety ‘till I sank it
G | Cadd9 G mute - |
I’m crawling on your shores
Chorus:
D D Cadd9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountain
D D Cadd9 G
I looked to the children I drank from the fountains
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
There’s more than one answer to these questions
G | Cadd9 G mute - |
Pointing me in a crooked line
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C (1 + 2 hold)
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine.
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine.
Verse:
G A7sus4 Cadd9 [Dsus4 D Dsus2 D]
And I went to see the doctor of philosophy
G A7sus4 Cadd9 [Dsus4 D Dsus2 D]
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knees
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
G D C
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
D G | Cadd9 G mute - |
Got my paper and I was free
Chorus:
D D Cadd9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountain
D D Cadd9 G
I looked to the children I drank from the fountains
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
There’s more than one answer to these questions
G | Cadd9 G mute - |
Pointing me in a crooked line
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C (1 + 2 hold)
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine.
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine.
Instrumental:
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
Verse:
. G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
And I stopped by a bar at three A.M.
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
Twice as cloudy as I’d been the night before
G | Cadd9 G mute - |
And I went in seeking clarity
Extended Chorus:
D D Cadd9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountain
D D Cadd9 G
I looked to the children I drank from the fountains
D D Cadd9 G
And we go to the doctor We go to the mountains
D D Cadd9 G
We look to the children We drink from the fountains
D D Cadd9 G
Yeah, we go to the bible We go through the workout
D D Cadd9(strum and hold) G (strum)
We read up on revival We stand up for the lookout
. Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C C
There’s more than one answer to these questions
G | Cadd9 G mute - |
Pointing me in a crooked line
Dmaj11 Dmaj11 C (1 + 2 hold)
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine
G A7sus4 |Cadd9 Dsus4| D Riff
Closer I am to fine
End on G
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