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Close But No Cigar Chords by Thomas Dolby

Close But No Cigar chords by Thomas Dolby

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: Gb

Intro:

Gb7sus2


Chorus:
N.C.     Gb
You came close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
B          Db         Ebm
You didn't miss by far
Ebm B        Db        Ebm
You know you came this close
Ebm               Gb
Close but no cigar


[Instrumental]
Gb    B Db
Ebm   B Db
Gb    B Db
Ebm   B Db
Ebm   B Db
Gb    B Db


Verse 1:
Gb               B    Db     Gb
Some people sing love songs
Gb   B          Db      Gb
Everybody's got one
Gb            B       Db
This isn't my love song
Ebm               B         Db    Gb
It's more like my love-gone-wrong song


Verse 2:
Gb            B    Db    Gb
She came to breakfast
Gb  B        Db         Gb
And stayed a week
Gb            B  Db     Ebm
But the lie detectors
Ebm             B        Db            Ebm
Broke down each time she tried to speak
Ebm            B           Db
Broke down when she said


Chorus:
N.C.      Gb
You came close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
B          Db      Ebm
You didn't miss by far
B             Db                Gb
You know you came this close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
B         Db        Ebm
No matter where you are
Ebm B        Db        B
You know you came this close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar


[Instrumental 2]
Gb       B   Db
Ebm   B Db
Gb       B   Db
Ebm   B Db


Bridge:
D
       I remember, I remember, I remember
    A
The promise in your eyes
   D                                      A          D
As black as the night I drove you to the airport
D
And I remember, I remember, I remember
         Gb                           Db
The wide Brazilian sky that swallowed you


Verse 3:
Gb                   B   Db
          Then I hit thirty
Gb               B         Db
         Guess I can't complain
Gb                          B   Db
       But I must have been lonely
Ebm              B        Db      Gb
     The night I bumped into Lorraine


Verse 4:
    B        Db Gb
She came for coffee
    B           Db
And stayed all night
Gb                 B  Db
     But the lie detectors
Ebm                  B      Db            Ebm
    Broke down every time I tried to smile
                    B     Db    Ebm
Broke down like the story of my life
         B       Db        Ebm
And each dream I missed by half a mile
      B
Broke down when I told her


Chorus:
Db               Gb
You came close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
        B    Db        Ebm
You didn't miss by far
Ebm B        Db               Gb
You know you came this close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
B            Db     Ebm
No matter where you are
    B        Db             Gb
You know you came so close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
    B      Db          Ebm
You didn't miss by far

    B        Db                Gb
You know you came this close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar
B            Db     Ebm
We're better off by far
        B       Db        B
But you know we came this close
B         Db   Gb
Close but no cigar


Outro:
B Db Ebm
B Db Gb
B Db  Ebm
B  Db Gb

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