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 {t:Watershed}
 {st:Indigo Girls}
 
 WATERSHED (Emily Saliers)
 
 {sot}
 -------------------------
 {eot}
 [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][in[D/C#]tro][Em7/B][Em7/B][D][D/C#][Em7/B][Em7/B]
 
 Thought I knew my [D]mind[D/C#] [Em7/B] like the b[Em7/B]ack of my h[D]and[D/C#][Em7/B][Em7/B]
 
 The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned
 The gold and the r[D]ainbo[D/C#]w, but[Em7/B] nothing panned [Em7/B]out as I pl[C]ann[Em7/B]ed[A][A]
 They say only [D7]milk and h[D7sus4]oney's gonna[D7] make your s[D7sus4]oul satisf[G]ied[G/F#]
 [E] Well I better [E]learn how to sw[Gmaj7]im[Gmaj7]
 'Cause the [Bb]crossing is [C]chilly and w[D]ide[D][A7sus4][A7]
 
 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
 And [Bb]feed[C] the hu[D]nger[D][A7sus][-][A13sus][A7sus][-][A13sus]
 
 Up on the w[D]atersh[D]ed,[C/D] standing at the [C/D]fork in the [G]roa[G/F#]d
 [A7] You can [A#dim7]stand there and [Bm]agoni[Bm/A]ze
 Gmaj7 E7/G# A7 A13 A7no3 A7no3
 Till your agony's your heaviest load
 You'll never fly as the cr[D]ow fl[D]ies, get u[C/D]sed to a[C/D] country m[G]ile[G/F#]
 [E] When you're [E]learning to [Gmaj7]face the [Gmaj7]path at your p[Bb6]ace, every [Bbmaj7]choice is
 worth your [D]while[D][A7sus][A7]
 
 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
 worth your [D]while[D]
 
 [Bm7(4)]Stepping o[Bm7(4)]n a crac[E7]k[E7]
 [C(9)]Breaking u[C(9)]p and [G] looking b[G]ack
 Every [Bm7(4)]tree limb over[Bm7(4)]head just seems to [E7]sit and wa[E7]it
 C(9) C(9) G A7 A7sus4 A7 [stop]
 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][rep[D/C#]eat an[Em7/B]d fade,[Em7/B] same as intro]
 
 
 TAB:
 
 = is a hammer-on; ~ is a bend.
 
 INTRO (and outro):
 
 [D] [D/C#] [Em7/B] 
 {sot}
 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~--|
 {eot}
 
 [D] [D/C#] [Em7/B] 
 {sot}
 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-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 Thought I knew my
 
 VERSE:
 
 [D] [D/C#] [Em7/B] 
 {sot}
 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-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 mind like the back of my
 
 [D] [D/C#] [Em7/B] 
 {sot}
 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-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 hand The gold and the
 [ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/indigo_girls/watershed_tab.html ]
 [D] [D/C#] [Em7/B] 
 {sot}
 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-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 rain - bow, but nothing panned out as I'd
 
 [C] [Em7/B] [A] 
 {sot}
 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 --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 planned They say only
 
 [D7] [D7sus4] [D7] [D7sus4] 
 {sot}
 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 --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 milk and honey's gonna make your soul satis -
 
 [G] [G/F#] [E] 
 {sot}
 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-------|
 {eot}
 -fied Well I better learn how to
 
 [Gmaj7] [Bb] [C] 
 {sot}
 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-------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 swim 'cause the crossing is chilly and wide
 
 [D] [A7sus4] [A7] 
 {sot}
 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-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 (...wide)
 
 [First verse is the same, but ends with A7sus A13sus A7sus A13sus,
 strummed: x02033 x02032 x02030 x02032]
 
 CHORUS:
 
 [D] [C/D] 
 {sot}
 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-------|
 {eot}
 ...watershed, standing at the fork in the
 
 [G] [G/F#] [A7] [A#dim7] 
 {sot}
 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-------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 road You can stand there and
 
 [Bm] [Bm/A] [Gmaj7] [E7/G#] 
 {sot}
 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-------|
 {eot}
 agonize till your agony's your heav - iest
 
 A7 A13 A7no3
 
 {sot}
 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 --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 load You'll never fly as the
 
 [D] [C/D] 
 {sot}
 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-------|
 {eot}
 crow flies, get used to a country mile
 
 [G] [G/F#] [E] 
 {sot}
 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-------|
 {eot}
 (...mile) When you're learning to
 
 [Gmaj7] [Bb6] [Bbmaj7] 
 {sot}
 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-------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your
 
 [D] [A7sus4] [A7] 
 {sot}
 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-------|--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 while And there's always...
 
 
 - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
 

    

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