Chords with lyrics
I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner, 1970)
Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ in 'D' and 'F'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYS
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB e Bass| Chord
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D MajorD - x x 0 2 3 2 D MajorD A-D-F#
Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D MajorD A-D-E
Ca9 - x 3 2 0 3 0 
C majorC G-D-C-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 3 3 C majorC G-D-C-E
DmDm - x x 0 2 3 1 D MajorD A-D-F
A#A# - x 1 3 3 3 1 A#A# A#-D-F
FF - 1 3 3 2 1 1 FF A-C-F
A7A7 - x 0 2 0 2 0 A augmentedA A-C#-E-G -OR-
- x 0 2 2 2 3 A augmentedA A-C#-E-G
PART I - 'I'm Your Captain'
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INTRO: [14 M]
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NC?
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G+G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---|
D MajorD|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G+G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-|
D MajorD|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
|D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |
'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB -
D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD Ca9 D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD Ca9
e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
BB|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
G+G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|
D MajorD|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A augmentedA|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
Ev-'ry-
VERSE #1: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB ('Ds2' not shown below for simplicity) -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
-bo-? dy,? lis-ten to? me? and re-turn? me? my?
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
ship? I'm your cap-? tain,? I'm your cap-? tain,? though I'm
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
feel-? ing? migh-ty sick? I've been
VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
lost? now,? days un-count-? ed? It's been months? since? I've? seen
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
home? Can you hear? me?? Can you hear? me,? or?
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
? am I? all a-lone? If you re-
VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
-turn? me? to my home? port,? I will kiss? you,? moth-? er
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
earth? Take me back? now,? take me back,? now,? to the
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
port? of my birth?
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
BRIDGE: [28 M]
------ *** KEY = 'F' -
V
|D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |DmDm |A#A# |
A minorAm I in? my ca-? bin dream-? ing,?
|DmDm |A#A# |DmDm |
? or are? you real-? ly schem-? ing? to take? my
|A#A# |FF |A7A7 |DmDm |
ship? a-? way? from? me?? You'd bet-? ter
|A#A# |DmDm |A#A# |
think? a-bout? it? I just? can't live? with-out? it,?
|DmDm |A#A# |FF |A7A7 |
? so please? don't take? my? ship? from? me? Yeah,? yeah,?
RE-INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') -
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|D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |D MajorD |Ca9 |
yeah?
** Play 'VERSE' TAB -
|D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD Ca9 |
I can
VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
feel? the hand? of a stran-? ger,? and it's tight-? 'ning? 'round my
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
throat? Hea-ven, help? me,? hea-ven, help? me? Take this
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
stran-? ger? from my boat? I'm your
VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
cap-? tain,? I'm your cap-? tain,? though I'm
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
feel-? in'? might-? y? sick? Ev-'ry-bo-? dy,? lis-ten
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
to? me,? and re-turn? me? my? ship? I'm your
REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah? I'm your
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah? I'm your
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah? I'm your
|D MajorD Ca9 |D MajorD Ca9 |
cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?
PART II - 'Closer To Home'
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REFRAIN #1: [28 M]
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home,? oh?
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
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SOLO: [16 M]
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X -
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?
** NOTE: Grand Funk plays this line 16 times with a great strings track
before the fade-out, but you can end it after you've played it
as many times as you want by holding the 'D' after the 'Ca9'.
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