Indigo Girls - Come A Long Way

      [Intro]
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G Bm C D
 
[Verse 1]
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I’ve come a long way
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I was a show on ice
               Em
Dazzling and brittle
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But subject to the sun

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And then one day
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I went little by little
             Em
Back to the water
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The place where I’d come from

[Pre-chorus]
            Am
And I went under
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Like stones tied in a sack
             Am
And I got emptied
      Bm            C   D
And started my way back

[Chorus]
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My name (It’s got your name on it)
     D
My shame (It’s got your name on it)
     G
My home (It’s got your name on it)
             G  C
Everything I own
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And all my schemes drowned at the seams
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Have left me fine in my own skin
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I’ve come a long way
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Just to begin

[Verse]
                  G
I’ve come a long way
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Under the cover of darkness
               Em
Trusting a stranger
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A boatman at the shore
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The scourge of hope
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The ugly face of danger
                   Em
The keepers of the keys
        G           D
Had me down on my knees
                        C#dim C D
In front of the gilded doors

[Pre-chorus]
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And in a world where every ax was poised to grind
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To find my peace I only held up what was already mine

[Chorus]
    G
My name (It’s got your name on it)
     D
My shame (It’s got your name on it)
     G
My home (It’s got your name on it)
             G  C
Everything I own
             G                                         C            G
And all my swords have turned to words that blow like poems in the wind
                 G
I’ve come a long way

[Bridge]
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I used to be twisted
            Em
When you called it an opiate
Em
A simple way to cope
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And yet I think you shouldn’t skip if you haven’t worn the shoes
                G
They start out tight
                         Em
And then they hurt your tired feet at night
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But then they give a little day by day
                     Am
And then before you know it
                          G
You look back and you’ve come a long way

[Chorus]
    G
         (It’s got your name on it)
     D
My shame (It’s got your name on it)
     C
My home (It’s got your name on it)
           
G
My name
D
My shame
G
My home
   C             Em
Everything I own
G
I’ve got your name on it