• Song:

    Kid Fears

  • Artist:

    Indigo Girls

  • Album:

    1993-04-13: Bogart’s,...

NOTES about the chords:  
* In the last chorus, where all the voices are tangled together, I tried  
 to notate it as best I could.  Amy's part is on the first line in capital  
 letters; Michael Stipe's part is below that, in capitals and in parentheses; 
 Emily's part is at the bottom, in parentheses but no caps.  I went through  
 the trouble of doing this because the songbook is completely useless for  
 figuring out the end of this song... 
* Where it says C, that might often be C(9).  Mix it up. 
* C(9)=x32033 or x32030; D11=554030 or x54030; Em7=022030 
  
{Key of G} 
{Moderate 3/4 time; each chord is one measure} 
 
Em   Em   Em   Em      Em   Em   Cmaj7  D11      Em   Em   Cmaj7  D11 
{intro} 
 
Am           Em7   Am          Em7   Am        Em7       Am    Em7 
  Pain from pearls, hey little girl, how much have you grown? 
Am           Em7   Am           Em7  Am              Em7           Am   Am 
  Pain from pearls, hey little girl, flowers for the ones you've known 
 
G   G          D     D   C   C         D     D 
    Are you on fire          from the years 
Em  Em              D        D       Em     Em   Cmaj7   D 
    What would you give for your kid fears 
Em    Em    Cmaj7    D 
{instrumental} 
 
Secret staircase, running high, you had a hiding place 
Secret staircase, running low, they all know now you're inside 
 
Are you on fire from the years 
What would you give for your kid fears 
{instrumental} 
 
Skipping stones, we know the price now, any sin will do 
How much further if you can spin, how much further if you are smooth? 
 
G   G          D     D          C      C        D      D 
    Are you on fire                    from the years 
                    (ARE YOU ON FIRE)                 (FROM THE 
 
Em      Em              D        D       Em      Em 
        What would you give for your kid fears? 
YEARS)                                           (WHAT WOULD RE- 
 
D          D             D       D                       
-PLACE THE RENT WITH THE STARS ABOVE, REPLACE THE NEED WITH LOVE) 
       (Replace the rent with the stars above,  replace the need with love) 
 
   D         D               D   D                   
(REPLACE THE ANGER WITH THE TIDE, REPLACE THE ONES THE ONES THE ONES THAT YOU 
       (Replace the anger with the tide, the ones that you love, the ones...) 
 
 D     D  D       D 
 LOVE,    OH, THE ONES THAT YOU...) 
(love,    oh, the ones that you...) 
 
G   G          D             D          C        C          D          D 
    ARE YOU ON FIRE                              FROM  THE  YEARS 
LOVE)                       (ARE YOU ON FIRE)                        (FROM THE 
 (Replace the  rent with the stars    above,   replace the need with love) 
 
Em     Em              D             D              Em         Em  C  D 
       WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE     FOR  YOUR     KID    FEARS?             OH NOW, 
YEARS)                              (WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE) 
    (Replace the     anger with the tide,     the ones that you love, the...) 
 
G   G          D             D          C        C          D          D 
    ARE YOU ON FIRE                              FROM  THE  YEARS 
                            (ARE YOU ON FIRE)                        (FROM THE 
 (Replace the  rent with the stars    above,   replace the need with love) 
 
Em    Em           D         D             Em     Em           D        D 
      WHAT WOULD U GIVE FOR YOUR      KID FEARS, WHAT WOULD U GIVE FOR YOUR KID 
YEARS)                     (WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE)                    (WHAT WOULD 
    (Replace . . . anger ... tide,     the ones...love,    the ones ...  love) 
 
    Em       Em              D        D       Em    Em  Cmaj7 D11 
    FEARS?   WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE FOR YOUR KID FEARS?           YOUR KID 
YOU GIVE)   (WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE FOR YOUR KID FEARS?) 
            (What would you give for your kid fears?) 
 
Em    Em    Cmaj7   D11    Em    Em   Cmaj7   D11      Em 
FEARS                   KID...                  HOLD ON... 
 
 
 
This is the only tab I have (and you probably already figured this out): 
 
  Em                        Cmaj7        D11 
E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
B 0-----3-----|------0-----|------------|------------| 
G ------------|2-----------|0-----2-----|--0---0---0-| 
D ------------|------------|------------|4---4---4---| 
A ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
E +---+---+---|+---+---+---|+---+---+---|+---+---+---| 
 
The chord fingerings I use for those four measures are: 
  022000 022030 | 022200 022000 | x32000 x32200 | x54030     | 
If you use these fingerings, you should be able to hear that tab part 
  in the chords. 
 
 
 
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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