Indigo Girls - Second Time Around

second time around ( amy ray )
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no capo . standard tuning
this song is taken from the album “poseidon & the bitter bug )
all the chords are one whole measure . it’s pretty easy to play .
all the verses have the same chords .

G – C ( x4 ) listen to the song for the G – C strumming

G C G C
the second time around , you know it really got me down .
G C G C
sister don’t you judge it , just keep it to yourself now . and
D C G
if you ain’t got nothing good to say , don’t say nothing at all .

i go bitten by the bitter bug , and now i just can’t get enough
of ill will and my own conceit . i’m weary of the world it seems .
i’m weary of the world , weary of the world it seems .

G – C ( x2 ) D – C Dsus4 – C

it’s sort of always gone my way . i’m just a little bit off these
days . like i’ve had hard knocks all my life , like i’m a bible
belt wife . like i didn’t see it coming , like i didn’t walk it
willingly .

see , i never want to sing again . la la la like a butterfly .
without my wits about me , without my heart in line .
third time’s a charm and this mine .

you said you heard loretta sing and felt the loneliness
seeping in . the cowboys made you uneasy , you’re A
god – fearing lesbian . so you learn not to yearn and you
take it on the chin again .

here’s what i find about compromise – don’t do it if it
hurts inside , cause either way you’re screwed , eventually
you’ll find . you may as well feel good; you may as well
have some pride .

come august we’ll go to cherokee and hear loretta do
her thing . pack it into the indian casino and make the
hillbilly scene , kick up our heels and join in .

are you my ally or my enemy? do you have
self – loathing or empathy? can you keep me in your prayers
sister . can you keep me in there somewhere? and
sister if you ain’t go nothing good to say : don’t say
nothing at all .