Indigo Girls - Caramia

caramia ( emily saliers )
D E
caramia – a blank notebook and a back pocket fade . . .
Em
you used to mock me;
G
sometimes i would cry
C#dim D Gm D
when i was home later .

you hurt my feelings :
B7
why , why , why?
Em
write it down in your notebook ,
G C#dim D Dsus4 D
my wannabe harriet the spy .
Bm7
some say your genius
Em7
is in your madness;
Dm
will you get better?
D Dsus4 D
and then will you leave us?
G C#dim
how you mixed with the darkness
D
at such a young age!
Em
until in your chemistry
G
science and violence
C#dim D Dsus4 D
turned silence to rage .

D5 D5/B D5/C# D5
why . . . are you dreaming this?
Am Am/B Am/C Asus2
one shoe off , and a bridge to cross over .
D5 D5/B D5/C# D5
and where is your taxi fare?
Am Am/B
are you left by yourself
Am/C Asus2
or left by your lover?
D5 D5/B
for three nights straight now
D5/C# D5
i dreamed i kept both of my shoes ,
Am Am/B
but i’ve forgotten my lines , and
Am/C Asus2
i’ve misplaced my cues;
D D/B
and there’s a sea full of faces
D/C#
and a show to go on;
Am Am/B
and i’m struck mute at entrance
Am/C Asus2
with nothing to draw from!

D
there were the secrets : the big bang
E
and the bigger joke .
Em
you seem to know all of them
G C#dim D Gm D
and injustice makes you red with choke .

you love like you’re desperate!
B7
you don’t know what love is!
Em
i thought if there was one thing i could give you ,
C#dim
one thing i could tell you ,
D Dsus4 D
maybe it was this . . .
Bm7
with your head on the bed board ,
Em7
the anguished repeat;
Dm
the sweat of our sadness – –
D Dsus 4 D
the twist of the sheets .
G
i don’t want what’s best for you!
C#dim D
where would i be if you found it?
Em
i prayed a lot about these bad feelings inside ,
G C#dim D Dsus4 D
but i can’t pray my way through or around it .

i found a lot of this somewhere else and messed around with it a bit . if you are the
transcriber , please let me know .