Closer to You Brett Dennen
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2
Chords relative to capo
Intro
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[G]Well I've tasted love so sweet
[G]Played around but not for keeps
[Em]I never been knocked off my feet
[Em]Till you came along
[Bm]In the room surrounding me
[C]Are angels I cannot see
[Am]I know they come to carry me to
[D]Where I belong
[D]Closer to [Em]you, closer to[Bm] you
[C]I'm singing like a sailor
[C]strutting [Em]up your avenue
[Em]Like a [Am]clown in a costume shop
[Am]Wearing [Bm]nothing but my birthday suit
[Bm]Getting closer to [Em]you
[G]All the knocks upon your door
[G]Footsteps fallen on your floor
[Em]All the shipwrecks on your shore
[Em]Mean nothing to me
[Bm]All the crooks on Capital Hill
[C]Criminals on the dollar bills
[Am]All the money on Wall Street still
[D]Couldn't keep me from getting
[D]Closer to [Em]you. Closer to[Bm] you
[C]Like a priest on a pulpit
[Em]preaching to an empty room
[Em]Like a [Am]drunk in a dive bar
[Am]In the early [Bm]afternoon
[Bm]Closer to [Em]you.
[Cm]Poets could not pronounce your name
[Cm]Gamblers couldn't play the game
[Gm]Matchstick statues set to flame
[Gm]Couldn't hold a candle to you
[Fm]Swindlers on the Sunset strip
[Fm]Hypnotists and hypocrites
[D]Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
[D]Wish that they could get
Solo
[Cm] [Gm] [Fm] [D]
[G]Well I've tasted love so sweet
[G]Played around but not for keeps
[Em]I never been knocked off my feet
[Em]Till you came along
[Bm]I sit through the trickery
[C]The jealousy and vanity
[Am]The potency of your prophesy
[D]Because I long to be
[D]Closer to [Em]you. Closer to [Bm]you
[C]Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
[Em]I'm howling at the moon
[Am]Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
[Bm]with a pocket full of jewels
[Bm]Closer to [Em]you (x3)
[Em]I'll get through
[Em]Oh baby I'll get [Bm]through
[Bm]Closer to [Em]you
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