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That Close To You Chords by John Prine

That Close To You chords by John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

“That Close to You”
by John Prine
from the album Common Sense


Intro:
A
D  E  A
D  E  A
D  E  A
D  G     A
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Verse:
D              E
Like a bolt of lightning
               A
Like a bolt of thunder
D             E
Like a cloudy day
            A
Down at the zoo
D               E
Like a drowning man
                   A
That will never go under
              D    G
That close to you, yeah,
              D
that close to you

Bridge:
F#m
In the middle of the night
                G
You'd ask me to make you smile
                     D
You'd come on like a one-armed child
                   A          A7
With a hole in its shoe, poor you
F#m
Everybody oughta know
                       G
It only hurts ya for a little while
                D
So stop putting yourself on trial
                         A
For something you didn't do
    A7
Not you, to me, can't we be just like

Chorus:
D          E                        A
Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow
D                   E                      A
Can I find a little something with a nicer view
D             E                        A
I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow
                         D
Just to be that close to you
G                   D
Yeah, that close to you

Bridge:
F#m
In the middle of the night
                G
You'd ask me to make you smile
                     D
You'd come on like a one-armed child
                   A          A7
With a hole in its shoe, poor you
F#m
Everybody oughta know
                       G
It only hurts ya for a little while
                D
So stop putting yourself on trial
                         A
For something you didn't do
    A7
Not you, to me, can't we be just like

Chorus:
D          E                        A
Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow
D                   E                      A
Can I find a little something with a nicer view
D             E                        A
I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow
                         D
Just to be that close to you
G                   D
Yeah, that close to you
G                 D
Oh, that close to you
G                   D
Yeah, that close to you

outro:
A       D

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