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I'm Your Captain Closer To Home Chords by Grand Funk Railroad

I'm Your Captain Closer To Home chords by Grand Funk Railroad

Guitar 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  A  D  G  B  e    Bass|  Chord
       ------------------   ---------------
D    -  x  x  0  2  3  2     D    A-D-F#
Ds2  -  x  x  0  2  3  0     D    A-D-E
Ca9  -  x  3  2  0  3  0     C    G-D-C-E   -OR-
     -  x  3  2  0  3  3     C    G-D-C-E
Dm   -  x  x  0  2  3  1     D    A-D-F
A#   -  x  1  3  3  3  1     A#   A#-D-F
F    -  1  3  3  2  1  1     F    A-C-F
A7   -  x  0  2  0  2  0     A    A-C#-E-G  -OR-
     -  x  0  2  2  2  3     A    A-C#-E-G
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

PART I - 'I'm Your Captain'
===========================


INTRO: [14 M]
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  NC?
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -  1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -  1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -


|D       |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |


'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB -

  D    Ds2  D  Ca9                 D    Ds2  D  Ca9

e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
B|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|
D|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  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          Ca9      |D       Ca9     |D          Ca9  |
-bo-? dy,?    lis-ten to? me?   and re-turn? me?    my?

|D       Ca9       |D             Ca9       |D            Ca9         |
 ship?     I'm your cap-? tain,?    I'm your cap-? tain,?   though I'm

|D            Ca9      |D       Ca9 |D   Ca9        |
 feel-? ing?    migh-ty sick?              I've been

VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
--------

|D           Ca9      |D           Ca9        |D              Ca9        |
 lost? now,?   days un-count-? ed?   It's been months? since?  I've? seen

|D       Ca9      |D          Ca9      |D          Ca9  |
 home?     Can you hear? me??   Can you hear? me,?    or?

|D      Ca9    |D       Ca9 |D   Ca9        |
? am I?   all a-lone?              If you re-

VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D         Ca9    |D            Ca9     |D           Ca9       |
-turn? me?   to my home? port,?   I will kiss? you,?  moth-? er

|D        Ca9      |D           Ca9      |D            Ca9     |
 earth?     Take me back? now,?   take me back,? now,?   to the

|D       Ca9    |D        Ca9 |D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |
 port?     of my birth?

|D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |D   Ca9 |

BRIDGE: [28 M]
------                             *** KEY = 'F' -
                                    V
|D       |D       |D       |D       |Dm            |A#                     |
                                        Am I in? my ca-?  bin dream-? ing,?

|Dm             |A#                     |Dm             |
?    or are? you real-?  ly schem-? ing?     to take? my

|A#                  |F         |A7      |Dm                 |
 ship? a-? way? from? me??                    You'd bet-? ter

|A#                 |Dm               |A#                   |
 think?  a-bout? it?     I just? can't live?  with-out? it,?

|Dm                  |A#                   |F        |A7               |
?    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         |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |D       |Ca9     |
 yeah?

** Play 'VERSE' TAB -

|D  Ds2 D Ca9    |D  Ds2 D Ca9    |
                             I can

VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D             Ca9    |D             Ca9        |D             Ca9        |
 feel? the hand?  of a stran-? ger,?   and it's tight-? 'ning?   'round my

|D         Ca9       |D          Ca9       |D         Ca9        |
 throat?     Hea-ven, help? me,?   hea-ven, help? me?   Take this

|D            Ca9      |D        Ca9 |D   Ca9       |
 stran-? ger?   from my boat?               I'm your

VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D            Ca9       |D            Ca9          |
 cap-? tain,?   I'm your cap-? tain,?    though I'm

|D           Ca9       |D       Ca9     |D         Ca9      |
 feel-? in'? might-? y? sick?     Ev-'ry-bo-? dy,?   lis-ten

|D        Ca9     |D         Ca9  |D       Ca9       |
 to? me,?   and re-turn? me?   my? ship?     I'm your

REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D            Ca9                    |D  Ca9       |
 cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?      I'm your

|D            Ca9                    |D  Ca9       |
 cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?      I'm your

|D            Ca9                    |D  Ca9       |
 cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?      I'm your

|D            Ca9                    |D  Ca9  |
 cap-? tain,? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?


PART II - 'Closer To Home'
==========================


REFRAIN #1: [28 M]
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|D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |


|D                 |D                 |Ca9        |Ca9     |
   I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?

|D                 |D                 |Ca9        |Ca9     |
   I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?

|D                 |D                 |Ca9        |Ca9     |
   I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home?

|D                 |D                 |Ca9         |Ca9      |
   I'm? get-? ting? clos-? er? to? my? home,?           oh?


|D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |
?

SOLO: [16 M]
----

|D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |


|D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |D       |D       |Ca9     |Ca9     |

REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X -
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|D                 |D                 |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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