Closer To You chords by Brett Dennen

Tabbed by Sam de Brunner
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         Em            Bm
Closer to you, closer to you
C
I'm singing like a sailor
C         Em
strutting up your avenue
Em     Am
Like a clown in a costume shop
Am      Bm
Wearing nothing but my birthday suit
Bm                Em
Getting closer to 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         Em            Bm
Closer to you. Closer to you
C
Like a priest on a pulpit
Em
preaching to an empty room
Em     Am
Like a drunk in a dive bar
Am           Bm
In the early afternoon
Bm        Em
Closer to 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         Em             Bm
Closer to you. Closer to 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        Em
Closer to you (x3)
Em
I'll get through
Em               Bm
Oh baby I'll get through
Bm        Em
Closer to you