| G7 | Fmaj7 | F/G | G | C/G | G | |
| Far | ther aw | ay as you get c | lo | ser |
| CHORUS: |
| D | G/D | D | G/D | D | Dm7 | |
| A | nd I d | on't kn | ow the answe | r |
| D | G/D | D | G/D | D | Dm7 | |
| D | oes i | t eve | n matter | ? |
| G | C/G | G | C | D | C | D | G | C/G | G | |
| I'm wo | nde | rin' h | ow |
| G | C | D | |
| T | en years sing | ing ri | ght out loud |
| C | D | G | C/G | |
| I ne | ver looked was any | body liste | ning? |
| G | C | D | |
| T | hen I fe | ll out o | f a cloud |
| C | D | G | |
| H | it the ground and no | ticed something mi | ssing |
| Now I have someone |
| She has seen me changing |
| And it gets harder as you get older |
| Farther away as you get closer ...CHORUS |
| Seems like something out of a dream |
| I had years ago, yes I remember screaming |
| Nobody laughing, all the good times |
| Getting harder to come by without weeping |
| Now I have someone |
| Who has seen the changes |
| And it gets harder as you get older |
| G7 | Fmaj7/G | F/G | |
| Fa | rther aw | ay |
| INTRO (picking pattern): |
| G7(addE) C/G G7(addE) C/G G G(no3) |
E ---0---0---0----0----------3---3----0---0---0---0-------------3-3--- B -3---3---3----1---1---0----3---3--3---3---3---1---1---1--0----3-3--- G ---0---0---0----0--------0---0------0---0---0---0-----------0------- D -3---3---3----2---2---0--0---0----3---3---3---2---2---2--0--0------- A -------------------------------------------------------------------- E -3------------3-----3-------------3-----------3-----3---------------
| CHORDS: |
| G7(addE): 3 0 3 0 3 0 C/G: 3 x 2 0 1 0 G(no3): 3 2 0 0 3 3 |
| Fmaj7/G: 3 x 3 2 1 0 G/D: x x 0 4 3 3 Dm7: x x 0 5 6 5 |