[Emily fingerpicks most of the song except for the bridge and possibly the last chorus; her guitar has the low E tuned down to D. Amy strums all the chords, and I don't know if her guitar has the low E tuned down.] [Do NOT rely on the chord names in the verse and chorus; refer to the tabla- ture for fingerings. The strummed chords in the bridge are: Bm7(4)=x20230; E7=x20130; C(9)=x32033; G=x20033; A7=x02020; A74=x02030.] [As written, each chord is half a measure, except pairs of chords joined by hyphens are a half-measure _total_.] D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B [intro] D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B Thought I knew my mind like the back of my hand The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B C Em7/B A A The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned D7 D74 D7 D74 G G/F# They say only milk and honey's gonna make your soul satisfied E E G7M G7M Well I better learn how to swim Bb C D D A74 A7 'Cause the crossing is chilly and wide Twisted guardrail on the highway, broken glass on the cement The ghost of someone's tragedy, how recklessly my time has been spent They say that it's never too late, you don't get any younger Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness Bb C D D A7sus - A13sus A7sus - A13sus And feed the hunger D D C/D C/D G G/F# Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road A7 A#dim7 Bm Bm/A You can stand there and agonize G7M E7/G# A7 A13 A7no3 A7no3 Till your agony's your heaviest load D D C/D C/D G G/F# You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile E E G7M G7M Bb6 Bb7M When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is D D A7sus A7 worth your while And there's always retrospect to light a clearer path Every five years/days or so I look back on my life and I have a good laugh You start at the top, go full circle round, catch a breeze, take a spill But ending up where I started again makes me wanna stand still Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is D D worth your while Bm7(4) Bm7(4) E7 E7 Stepping on a crack C(9) C(9) G G Breaking up and looking back Bm7 Bm7 E7 E7 Every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait C(9) C(9) G A7 A74 A7 [stop] Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your while Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your while D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B [repeat and fade, same as intro] TAB: = is a hammer-on; ~ is a bend. INTRO (and outro): D D/C# Em7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2---------------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-----------| A ----------------0=4-------------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0---------------0-------|----------------------------3~--| D D/C# Em7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| Thought I knew my VERSE: D D/C# Em7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| mind like the back of my D D/C# Em7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| hand The gold and the D D/C# Em7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| rain - bow, but nothing panned out as I'd C Em7/B A E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------1---------------3-----|--2-------2---------------2-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------2-------2-------2-------2-| D ----2-------2-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A 3-------3-------2-------2-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| planned They say only D7 D74 D7 D74 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|[These can B ----------7-----7=8-------8-----|7---------7-----7=8-------8-----| also be G ------5---------------5---------|------5---------------5---------| played D ----7-------7-------7-------7---|----7-------7-------7-------7---| xx0212 & A 5-------5-------5-------5-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------| xx0213!] D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| milk and honey's gonna make your soul satis - G G/F# E E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| -fied Well I better learn how to G7M Bb C E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------3-------5-------5-----| G ------0-------0-------0---------|------3-------3-------5-------5-| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----3-------3-------5-------5---| A --------------------------------|1-------1-------3-------3-------| D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------| swim 'cause the crossing is chilly and wide D A74 A7 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------| G ------2-------020-----------0---|------0---------0---------------| D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| (...wide) [First verse is the same, but ends with A7sus A13sus A7sus A13sus, strummed: x02033 x02032 x02030 x02032] CHORUS: D C/D E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|0=1-------1-------1-------1-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| ...watershed, standing at the fork in the G G/F# A7 A#dim7 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------2---------------2-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------1-------1-------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|--------------------------------| road You can stand there and Bm Bm/A G7M E7/G# E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------0---------------0-----| G ------4-------4-------4-------4-|------0-------0-------7-------7-| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----4-------4-------6-------6---| A 2-------2-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------| D --------------------------------|5-------5-------6-------6-------| agonize till your agony's your heav - iest A7 A13 A7no3 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B --2-------2-------3-------3-----|--5-------5-------5-------5-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----2-------2-------4-------4---|----5-------5-------5-------5---| A 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| load You'll never fly as the D C/D E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----(0)1-------1-------1-------1-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| crow flies, get used to a country mile G G/F# E E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| (...mile) When you're learning to G7M Bb6 Bb7M E --------------------------------|----------3-----5---------5-----| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|------3---------------3---------| G ------0-------0-------0---------|----3-------3-------3-------3---| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|3-------3-------3-------3-------| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------| face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your D A74 A7 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------| G ------2---------020---------0---|------0---------0---------------| D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------| D 0-------0---------------0-------|--------------------------------| while And there's always...