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: ----------- 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
PART I - 'I'm Your Captain' =========================== INTRO: [14 M] ----- 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) - -------- |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 - -------- |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') - -------- |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 - -------- |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 - -------- |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 - ------- |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] ---------- |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 - ---------- |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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