Closer To You
Brett DennenVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well I've tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I never been knocked off my feet
Till you came along
In the room surrounding me
Are angels I cannot see
I know they come to carry me to
Where I belong
Closer to you, closer to you
I'm singing like a sailor
strutting up your avenue
Like a clown in a costume shop
Wearing nothing but my birthday suit
Getting closer to you
All the knocks upon your door
Footsteps fallen on your floor
All the shipwrecks on your shore
Mean nothing to me
All the crooks on Capitol Hill
Criminals on the dollar bills
All the money on Wall Street still
Couldn't keep me from getting
Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a priest on a pulpit
preaching to an empty room
Like a drunk in a dive bar
In the early afternoon
Closer to you.
Poets could not pronounce your name
Gamblers couldn't play the game
Matchstick statues set to flame
Couldn't hold a candle to you
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
Hypnotists and hypocrites
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
Wish that they could get
Well I've tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I never been knocked off my feet
Till you came along
I sit through the trickery
The jealousy and vanity
The potency of your prophesy
Because I long to be
Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
I'm howling at the moon
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
with a pocket full of jewels
Closer to you (x3)
I'll get through
Oh baby I'll get through
Closer to you
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Readable chord sheet for Closer To You by Brett Dennen
[A] [E] [A] [E] [A]Well I've tasted love so sweet [A]Played around but not for keeps [F#m]I never been knocked off my feet [F#m]Till you came along [C#m]In the room surrounding me [D]Are angels I cannot see [Bm]I know they come to carry me to [E]Where I belong Closer to [F#m]you, closer to [C#m]you [D]I'm singing like a sailor strutting up your avenue [F#m] Like a clow[Bm]n in a costume shop Wearing [C#m]nothing but my birthday suit Getting closer to [F#m]you [F#m] [A]All the knocks upon your door [A]Footsteps fallen on your floor [F#m]All the shipwrecks on your shore [F#m]Mean nothing to me [C#m]All the crooks on Capitol Hill [D]Criminals on the dollar bills [Bm]All the money on Wall Street still [E]Couldn't keep me from getting Closer to [F#m]you. Closer to [C#m]you [D]Like a priest on a pulpit [F#m]preaching to an empty room Like a [Bm]drunk in a dive bar In the early [C#m]afternoon Closer to [F#m]you. [F#m] [Dm]Poets could not pronounce your name [Dm]Gamblers couldn't play the game [Am]Matchstick statues set to flame [Am]Couldn't hold a candle to you [Gm]Swindlers on the Sunset strip [Gm]Hypnotists and hypocrites [E]Ventriloquists and Pickpockets [E]Wish that they could get [Dm] [Dm] [Am] [Am] [Gm] [Gm] [E] [E] [A]Well I've tasted love so sweet [A]Played around but not for keeps [F#m]I never been knocked off my feet [F#m]Till you came along [C#m]I sit through the trickery [D]The jealousy and vanity [Bm]The potency of your prophesy [E]Because I long to be Closer to [F#m]you. Closer to [C#m]you [D]Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey [F#m]I'm howling at the moon [Bm]Like a Pirate in a pawnshop [C#m]with a pocket full of jewels Closer to [F#m]you ([F#m]x3) I'll get through Oh baby I'll get through Closer to you