Indigo Girls – Perfect World (Guitar)

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As recorded by the Indigo Girls (From the 2004 Album ALL THAT WE LET IN) [Intro] D Em D Em [Verse 1]
Dmaj7          Em
We get to be a ripple in the water

Dmaj7          Em
We get to be a rock that’s thrown

Dmaj7          Em
We get to be a boy on the bridge

Dmaj7                      Em
Standing over the reservoir
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7           Em
I see the water lap along the shoreline

Dmaj7                  Em
The buried forest of a man-made lake

Dmaj7              Em
The cemeteries are laying underneath it

     Dmaj7                         Em
Your heart like a dam when it breaks
[Chorus]
D                C
We are floating, we are swimming

G
And in this moment we are forgetting

     D         C
What it costs, what it takes

    G
For one perfect world

N.C.                      D  Em7  D  Em7
When we look the other way
[Verse 3]
D                        Em7
I’m okay if I don’t look a little closer

Em
(I am driving with the tank full)

D                   Em7
I’m okay if I don’t see beyond the shore

Em7
(The sun is blistering the black top road)

D                   Em7
I’m okay if I don’t have to do the killing

Em7
(We are talking, cellular and mobile)

D                              Em7
Or know what the killing is for

Em7
(As if it’s some kind of cure for this world of woe)
[Chorus]
D               C
We are talking, we are driving

G
And in this moment we are denying

     D              C
What it costs, what it takes

    G
For one perfect world

                 D
When we look the other way
[Post-Chorus]
     Em7          A              D
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world (Perfect world)

D
When we look the other way

     Em7          A              D
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world (Perfect world)

D
When we look the other way

     Em7          A              D     Em7  D  Em7
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world (Yeah)
[Verse 4]
D                           G
If you can’t see beyond the myth of isolation

        D                           Em7
And the miracle of daybreak doesn’t move you anymore

D                                    G
Connect the points and see the constellations

       D                            G
As the night comes down on the reservoir
[Chorus]
D                C
We are swimming, we are floating

    G
And in this moment we are beholden

        D                 C
To what it costs, to what it takes

    G
For one perfect world

                             Em7
Can we learn to live another way?
[Post-Chorus]
     A            D
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world (Perfect world)

                             Em7
Can we learn to live another way?

                  A              D
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world (Perfect world)

                             Em7
Can we learn to live another way?

     A            D
It’s one (Perfect world) perfect world

     Em7         D     Em         
It's one perfect world
[Outro]
D              Em                 D  Em G D
We get to be a ripple in the water