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Key: D#b
Intro:
A#m C# Fm F#
Verse 1:
A#m
Nicotine
C#
Whiskey neat, I'm a fiend
Fm F#
Look what you turned me into
A#m
Just a taste
C#
I need just a taste of you babe
Fm F#
You and me alone in this room
A#m C#
Let's turn to the garden of Eden when the apple's been bit
Fm
There's an endless list of sin's I'd commit
Chorus:
A#m
To be closer to you
C#
The fruit that's forbidden
Fm F#
You open the gates to a whole new religion
A#m C#
Girl when you move, you look like an angel
Fm F#
But this paradise is the kind that'll take you
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
But so far from god
F#
So far from god
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
Think this love is god
F#
So far from god
A#m
So far from
Verse 2:
A#m
Who I used to be
C#
I was hands crossed down on two knees
Fm
Now I'm getting crossed and I'm getting lost
F# A#m
With the kinda girl mama told me was a lost cause and I should never marry
C#
Burdens I should never carry
Fm
But I'd go down six feet in the cemetery
Chorus:
A#m
To be closer to you
C#
The fruit that's forbidden
Fm F#
You open the gates to a whole new religion
A#m C#
Girl when you move, you look like an angel
Fm F#
But this paradise is the kind that'll take you
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
But so far from god
F#
So far from god
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
Think this love is god
F#
So far from god
Bridge:
A#m
Just can't put you down
C#
I go round after round
Fm F#
Holy water and crown mixed in two
A#m
I just worship your light
C#
Your my church and my vice
Fm F#
Girl there's nothing that I wouldn't do
Chorus:
A#m
To be closer to you
C#
The fruit that's forbidden
Fm F#
You open the gates to a whole new religion
A#m C#
Girl when you move, you look like an angel
Fm F#
But this paradise is the kind that'll take you
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
But so far from god
F#
So far from god
A#m C#
So close to heaven
Fm
Think this love is god
F#
So far from god
F#
So far from
Song History
Published: July 29, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025