Brandi Carlile – Closer To Fine (Guitar)
Capo 2
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you may see that Brandi is playing a guitar with a high E string in place of the
low E string and instead of a normal low A string, she has used a normal B string
tuned to A. This is the only way to make sense as you watch what fingers are
moving in the left hand and what fingers in the right hand are plucking what
strings. But, it is standard tuning except that the 5th and 6th strings are an
octave or two octaves higher. It will need a "tab" to document how Brandi is
playing to get that exact sound.
Catherine plays the G chord like Brandi (as shown below) but she plays a standard
C chord instead of Cadd9. Her fingering for D/F# seems to add a G like this:
200233 but she probably isn't picking the high string.
Brandi sings the first verse without Catherine. Catherine joins for the second
verse and they sing together in harmony until later when they take separate vocal
lines. Their parts are noted in-line.
Capo 2
Cadd9 = x32030
D/F# = 200232
G = 320033
[Intro]
| G | D/F# | Cadd9 | % |
| G | D/F# | Cadd9 | % |
[Verse 1]
G D/F# Cadd9 I'm tryin' to tell you somethin' about my life G D/F# Cadd9 Maybe give me insight between black and white D/F# Cadd9 And the best thing you've ever done for me D/F# Cadd9 Is to help me take my life less seriously N.C. G D/F# Cadd9 It's only life after all, yeah G D/F# Cadd9 It's only life after all
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Cadd9 Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable G D/F# Cadd9 And lightness has a call that's hard to hear D/F# Cadd9 I wrapped my fear around me like a blanket D/F# Cadd9 I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it G D/F# Cadd9 I'm crawling on your shore, yeah
[Chorus]
D/F# Cadd9 G I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains D/F# Cadd9 G I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain G D/F# Cadd9 There's more than one answer to these questions G D/F# Cadd9 Pointing me in a crooked line D/F# Cadd9 (Brandi:) And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(Catherine:) And the less I seek my source
G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine
[Verse 3]
G D/F# Cadd9 I went to see the doctor of philosophy G D/F# Cadd9 D/F# With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee D/F# Cadd9 G He never did marry or see a B-grade movie D/F# Cadd9 G He graded my performance; he said he could see through me G D/F# Cadd9 I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind Cadd9 G D/F# Cadd9 Got my paper and I was free
[Chorus]
D/F# Cadd9 G I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains D/F# Cadd9 G I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain G D/F# Cadd9 There's more than one answer to these questions G D/F# Cadd9 Pointing me in a crooked line D/F# Cadd9 (Brandi:) And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(Catherine:) And the less I seek my source
G D/F# Cadd9 (Both:) The closer I am to fine G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine
[Verse 4]
G D/F# Cadd9 I stopped by the bar at three A.M. G D/F# Cadd9 To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend D/F# Cadd9 And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board D/F# Cadd9 Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before G D/F# Cadd9 I went in seeking clarity
[Chorus]
D/F# Cadd9 G I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains D/F# Cadd9 G I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain D/F# Cadd9 G Yeah, we go to the bible, we go through the workout D/F# Cadd9 G We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout G D/F# Cadd9 There's more than one answer to these questions G D/F# Cadd9 Pointing me in a crooked line D/F# Cadd9 And the less I seek my source for some definitive G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine G D/F# Cadd9 The closer I am to fine
[Outro]
G D/F# Cadd9 (Brandi:) The closer I am to fine
(Catherine:) The closer I am to fine
Cadd9 (Brandi:) The closer I am Cadd9 (Catherine:) The closer I am Cadd9 (Brandi:) The closer I am Cadd9 (Catherine:) The closer I am Cadd9 (Brandi:) The closer I am G Cadd9 G (Both:) To fine