Closer To You chords by Brett Dennen

Chords with lyrics

Tabbed by Sam de Brunner
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2
Chords relative to capo

Intro
G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD

G+G
Well I've tasted love so sweet
G+G
Played around but not for keeps
E minorEm
I never been knocked off my feet
E minorEm
Till you came along
B minorBm
In the room surrounding me
C majorC
Are angels I cannot see
A minorAm
I know they come to carry me to
D MajorD
Where I belong

D MajorD     E minorEm      B minorBm
Closer to you, closer to you
C majorC
I'm singing like a sailor
C majorC     E minorEm
strutting up your avenue
E minorEm   A minorAm
Like a clown in a costume shop
A minorAm   B minorBm
Wearing nothing but my birthday suit
B minorBm        E minorEm
Getting closer to you


G+G
All the knocks upon your door
G+G
Footsteps fallen on your floor
E minorEm
All the shipwrecks on your shore
E minorEm
Mean nothing to me
B minorBm
All the crooks on Capital Hill
C majorC
Criminals on the dollar bills
A minorAm
All the money on Wall Street still
D MajorD
Couldn't keep me from getting

D MajorD     E minorEm      B minorBm
Closer to you. Closer to you
C majorC
Like a priest on a pulpit
E minorEm
preaching to an empty room
E minorEm   A minorAm
Like a drunk in a dive bar
A minorAm      B minorBm
In the early afternoon
B minorBm    E minorEm
Closer to you.


C minorCm
Poets could not pronounce your name
C minorCm
Gamblers couldn't play the game
G minorGm
Matchstick statues set to flame
G minorGm
Couldn't hold a candle to you
F minorFm
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
F minorFm
Hypnotists and hypocrites
D MajorD
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
D MajorD
Wish that they could get


Solo
C minorCm G minorGm F minorFm D MajorD


G+G
Well I've tasted love so sweet
G+G
Played around but not for keeps
E minorEm
I never been knocked off my feet
E minorEm
Till you came along
B minorBm
I sit through the trickery
C majorC
The jealousy and vanity
A minorAm
The potency of your prophesy
D MajorD
Because I long to be


D MajorD     E minorEm       B minorBm
Closer to you. Closer to you
C majorC
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
E minorEm
I'm howling at the moon
A minorAm
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
B minorBm
with a pocket full of jewels
B minorBm    E minorEm
Closer to you (x3)
E minorEm
I'll get through
E minorEm        B minorBm
Oh baby I'll get through
B minorBm    E minorEm
Closer to you