The Closer I Get To You chords by Roberta Flack

The Closer I Get To You
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Capo 2

Intro:

G   C   G/B   Em  [Repeat x 3]

Female Solo 1:

G                G/B  C  G/B  Em
The closer I get to  you
G                 G/B  C  G/B  Em
The more you make me  see
G                 G/B    C  G/B  Em
By giving me all you've got
G                G/B    C  G/B  Em
Your love has captured me

Male Solo 1:

C              G/B
Over and over again
            Am    G          C
I tried to tell myself that we
                          G/B
Could never be more than friends
             Am     G
And all the while inside
    C          G/B
I knew it was real
             Am      D
The way you make me feel

Female Solo 2:

G               G/B  C  G/B  Em
Lying here next to  you
G               G/B  C  G/B  Em
Time just seems to  fly
G                G/B  C  G/B  Em
Needing you more and more
G               G/B  C  G/B  Em
Let's give love a   try

Male Solo 2:

C                         G/B
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
      Am       G        C
And Heaven's there for those
                         G/B
Who fooled the tricks of time
          Am        G         C
With the hearts of love they find
      G/B        Am     D
True love in a special way

[Repeat Female Solo 1]

[Repeat Male Solo 1]

Female Voice:

G                G/B  C  G/B  Em
The closer I get to  you
G                 G/B  C  G/B  Em
The more you make me  see
G                  G/B  C  G/B  Em
By giving you all I've got
G               G/B     C  G/B  Em
Your love has captured me

Male Voice:

G  G/B  C     G/B     Em      G
         The closer I get to you
G/B    C     G/B           Em   G
        The feeling comes over me
G/B   C
Me too   (Female-speaking)
         G/B    Em            G
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity

Instrumental Coda:

G/B  C  G/B  Em  G