Melissa Etheridge - Indiana

artist : melissa etheridge
title : indiana
album : fearless love
words & music by melissa etheridge

intro : G C G C

G C
she came to this world on a cold night
G
papa turned his head and said
C
i don’t believe she’s mine
G C
single momma raised her in a place where
Am
you can look but never touch
Cadd9
cos we don’t have enough
Em
don’t let your hopes get high
D
cos girls like you can’t fly

G D
oh the long nights in the small room
Em
with the big dreams
Cadd9
oh indiana
G D F
you’re only dying here
C
and they don’t understand you
G D
it’s a tough road but you start slow
Em Cadd9
and before you know it
F C
you’re not alone
Am Em D
looking for a place called home anywhere
Cadd9 G C G C
oh indiana

G C
she tended bar in new york city ( indiana )
G
people turned their heads and said
C
baby you sure look fine
G C
they put her on tv and then they told her
Am
you’re gonna be a star
Cadd9
you can go so far
Em
let your hopes get high
D
cos girls like you can fly

G D
in the long nights in the small room
Em
with the big dreams
Cadd9
oh indiana
G D F
you’re only dying here
C
and they don’t understand you
G D
it’s a tough road but you start slow
Em Cadd9
and before you know it
F C
you’re not alone
Am Em D
looking for a place called home anywhere
Cadd9
oh indiana

Em
those big dreams are flying machines
Cadd9
and they’ll take you
Am Em D
wherever you want to go
Em Cadd9
oh and sometimes you find that what’s real is inside
F C
you don’t have to go away
Am D Cadd9
to find your way home
G C
oh indiana

G C
she turned around and she stopped running
G C
she saw that fame was never the answer to her prayers
G C
she found that answer in her children
Am
when she takes them to a place
Cadd9
where they can have so much
Em
she lets their hopes get high
D
cos anyone , anyone can fly

G D
in the long nights in the small room
Em
with the big dreams
Cadd9
oh indiana
G D F
you’re only dying here
C
and they don’t understand you
G D
it’s a tough road but you start slow
Em Cadd9
and before you know it
F C
you’re not alone
Am Em D
looking for a place called home anywhere
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
oh indiana . . . . . . . . . ohhhhhh
Cadd9
she’s going back
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
oh oh oh . . . ( etc )

eadgbe

chords used : G = 320033 or 355433
C = x32010 or 335553
Am = 002210
Cadd9 = x32033
Em = 022000
D = xx0232
F = xx3211

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