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Intro:
A E D
(Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)
Verse 1:
A E D
It's a jungle out there they say
A E D
Filled with superstition
A E D
Get on your knees and pray
A E D
If you pay maybe she'll listen
A E D
It's a struggle out there they tell me
E D
Love comes with condition
A E D
I tried to send a solution
A E D
But it got lost in transition
Pre-Chorus:
A E D
So, so, so, so, so many times
I
A E D
Fell for the same things twice
A E D
So, so, so, so, so many times
I
A E D
Forgot my own advice
Chorus:
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The closer I get to know myself
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The more that I don't need no one else
Post-Chorus:
A E D
(Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)
A
The closer I get
Verse 2:
A D E
"It is what it is," you tell me
A D E
Like nobody ever changed their mind
A D E
I'm too high to get my own place (Oh, oh, get my own place)
F#m F# E D
I'm too scared to leave my friends behind
Pre-Chorus:
A E D
So, so, so, so, so many times
I
A E D
Fell for the same things twice
A E D
So, so, so, so, so many times
I
A E D
Forgot my own advice
Chorus:
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The closer I get to know myself
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The more that I don't need no one else
Post-Chorus:
D A E D
The closer I get
A E D
(Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)
Bridge:
A
Besties forever, lived in a backseat
D
Courtney in the front
A D
Strange day in LA, rain on the 101
A E
I took ride over to my lil' boo
D
Show her I could stunt
A E D
She said, "Let's go the extra mile, you might just be the one"
Be the one, ah-ooh
Chorus:
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The closer I get to know myself
A E D
The closer I get to you, baby
A E D
The more that I don't need no one else
Outro:
A E D A E D
(Ooh-ooh
ooh, ooh)
Song History
Published: March 6, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025