WATERSHED by Indigo Girls - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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[Emily fingerpicks most of the song except for the bridge and possibly the

last chorus; her guitar has the low E tuned down to D. Amy strums all the

chords, and I don't know if her guitar has the low E tuned down.]

[Do NOT rely on the chord names in the verse and chorus; refer to the tabla-

ture for fingerings. The strummed chords in the bridge are: Bm7(4)=x20230;

E7=x20130; C(9)=x32033; G=x20033; A7=x02020; A7sus4=x02030.]

[As written, each chord is half a measure, except pairs of chords joined by

hyphens are a half-measure _total_.]

	D	inD/C#	D/C#	Em7/B	Em7/B	D	Em7/B	Em7/B
		tro]

	D	D/C#	Em7/B	Em7/B	D	D/C#	Em7/B	Em7/B
Thought I knew my	mind		like the b	ack of my h	and

The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned

	D	D/C#	Em7/B	Em7/B	C	Em7/B	A	A
The gold and the r	ainbo	w, but	nothing panned	out as I pl	ann	ed

	D7	D7sus4	D7	D7sus4	G	G/F#
They say only	milk and h	oney's gonna	make your s	oul satisf	ied

	E	E	Gmaj7	Gmaj7
	Well I better	learn how to sw	im

	Bb	C	D	D	A7sus4	A7
'Cause the	crossing is	chilly and w	ide

Twisted guardrail on the highway, broken glass on the cement

The ghost of someone's tragedy, how recklessly my time has been spent

They say that it's never too late, you don't get any younger

Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness

	Bb	C	D	D	A7sus	-	A13sus	A7sus	-	A13sus
And	feed	the hu	nger

	D	D	C/D	C/D	G	G/F#
Up on the w	atersh	ed,	standing at the	fork in the	roa	d

	A7	A#dim7	Bm	Bm/A
	You can	stand there and	agoni	ze

Gmaj7 E7/G# A7 A13 A7no3 A7no3

Till your agony's your heaviest load

	D	D	C/D	C/D	G	G/F#
You'll never fly as the cr	ow fl	ies, get u	sed to a	country m	ile

	E	E	Gmaj7	Gmaj7	Bb6	Bbmaj7
	When you're	learning to	face the	path at your p	ace, every	choice is

	D	D	A7sus	A7
worth your	while

And there's always retrospect to light a clearer path

Every five years/days or so I look back on my life and I have a good laugh

You start at the top, go full circle round, catch a breeze, take a spill

But ending up where I started again makes me wanna stand still

Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road

You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load

You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile

When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is

	D	D
worth your	while

	Bm7(4	Bm7(4	E7	E7
	Stepping o	n a crac	k

	C(9	C(9	G	G
	Breaking u	p and	looking b	ack

	Bm7(4	Bm7(4	E7	E7
Every	tree limb over	head just seems to	sit and wa	it

	stop
C(9) C(9) G A7 A7sus4 A7

Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate

Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road

You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load

You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile

When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is

worth your while

Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road

You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load

You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile

When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is

worth your while

	D	repD/C#	Em7/B	Em7/B
		eat an	d fade,	same as intro]

TAB:

= is a hammer-on; ~ is a bend.

INTRO (and outro):

D/C#

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----|
G ------2---------------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0---------|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-----------|
A ----------------0=4-------------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------|
D 0-------0---------------0-------|----------------------------3~--|

D/C#

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------|
D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|

Thought I knew my

VERSE:

D/C#

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------|
D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|

mind like the back of my

D/C#

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------|
D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|

hand The gold and the

D/C#

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------|
D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|

rain - bow, but nothing panned out as I'd

Em7/B

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------1---------------3-----|--2-------2---------------2-----|
G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------2-------2-------2-------2-|
D ----2-------2-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A 3-------3-------2-------2-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

planned They say only

D7sus4

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|[These can
B ----------7-----7=8-------8-----|7---------7-----7=8-------8-----| also be
G ------5---------------5---------|------5---------------5---------| played
D ----7-------7-------7-------7---|----7-------7-------7-------7---| xx0212 &
A 5-------5-------5-------5-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------| xx0213!]
D --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

milk and honey's gonna make your soul satis -

G/F#

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----|
G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|

-fied Well I better learn how to

Gmaj7

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------3-------5-------5-----|
G ------0-------0-------0---------|------3-------3-------5-------5-|
D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----3-------3-------5-------5---|
A --------------------------------|1-------1-------3-------3-------|
D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------|

swim 'cause the crossing is chilly and wide

A7sus4

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------|
G ------2-------020-----------0---|------0---------0---------------|
D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------|
A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------|
D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|

(...wide)

[First verse is the same, but ends with A7sus A13sus A7sus A13sus,

strummed: x02033 x02032 x02030 x02032]

CHORUS:

C/D

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----|0=1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

...watershed, standing at the fork in the

G/F#

A#dim7

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------2---------------2-----|
G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A --------------------------------|0-------0-------1-------1-------|
D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|--------------------------------|

road You can stand there and

Bm/A

Gmaj7

E7/G#

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------0---------------0-----|
G ------4-------4-------4-------4-|------0-------0-------7-------7-|
D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----4-------4-------6-------6---|
A 2-------2-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|
D --------------------------------|5-------5-------6-------6-------|

agonize till your agony's your heav - iest

A7 A13 A7no3

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B --2-------2-------3-------3-----|--5-------5-------5-------5-----|
G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----2-------2-------4-------4---|----5-------5-------5-------5---|
A 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

load You'll never fly as the

C/D

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----(0)1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

crow flies, get used to a country mile

G/F#

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----|
G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------|
D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|

(...mile) When you're learning to

Gmaj7

Bb6

Bbmaj7

E --------------------------------|----------3-----5---------5-----|
B ----------3-------3-------3-----|------3---------------3---------|
G ------0-------0-------0---------|----3-------3-------3-------3---|
D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------|

face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your

A7sus4

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------|
G ------2---------020---------0---|------0---------0---------------|
D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------|
A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------|
D 0-------0---------------0-------|--------------------------------|

while And there's always...

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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