| D | |
| I | want to be your lover but your friend is all I've stayed |
| G | |
| I'm only | halfway to paradise so near yet so far away |
| Verse 2 |
| D | |
| I long for | your lips to kiss my lips but just when I think they may |
| D | G | |
| You | lead me h | alfway to paradise so near yet so far away |
| Bridge |
| G | |
| Bein' close to you is almost heaven | but seein' you can do just so much |
| Em | D7 | |
| It h | urts me so to know your heart's a treasure | and that my heart is forbidden to touch |
| Verse 3 |
| D | |
| So put your sweet lips close to my lips | and tell me that's where they're gonna stay |
| D | G | |
| Don't | lead me h | alfway to paradise so near yet so far away |
| keepin the 60's alive Bob & Ken 'the 60's men' |