Indigo Girls

This is the chords of When We Were Writers by Indigo Girls on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard. D Em A G D Em Look a gift horse in the mouth go get a job A G Last best deal I ever got was a quarter for a beer on the quad D Em Nevilles singing on a makeshift stage you sittin' on a towel in the shade A G Came from a foreign town and you smoked a joint with Jackson Browne D D/C# G/B D/A What if my pain won’t deliver me E G A What if my stasis crushes me with boredom D D/C# G/B D/A If I read into everything you say to me Em D/F# G A I will never get the meaning of your words like when you wrote them D Em D/F# C When we were writers when we were fighters G A Before we found purpose and made deals with God D Em D/F# C Let’s pull an all nighter push wood in the fire G A It might just look like smoke in my eyes but I’m still burning in - side D Em A G D Em Some sailed the calmer seas serial monogamy A G Best trip I ever took was on the ship that I wrecked and how I got set free D Em Strange boy in the Vegas summer Dancing by the pool to a different drummer A G Maybe a heat mirage or a message in camouflage D D/C# G/B What if I thought that the best of me D/A E G A Spending my days doing just fine D D/C# G/B D/A To short change my true full capacity Em D/F# G A And recognize it just when I was running out of time D Em D/F# C When we were writers we were igniters G A Blisters to callus to scars from the war D Em D/F# C The sentence gets tighter the impact grows wider G A When nothing is wasted nor chances denied Em D/F# I’ve had my day in the sun that’s no lie G A But I’m still burning inside F G The slings and arrows the passage narrows C Fm The story harrowing the word becomes flesh D Gm Wrestle the beast that leaves you diminished Em D/F# G A It’s alright you will never be finished D Em D/F# C When you’re a writer when you’re a fighter G A Easy to be cruel better to be kind D Em D/F# C Plow through the stalks of your heart’s tinder box G A Flint to the rock and you’ll find you’re still burning in - side D Em A G D Em A G D

CHORDS: Indigo Girls – When We Were Writers Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab