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Closest Thing to You I'm Gonna Find

Butch Walker
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|---------------0------3--0-------------|
B|-------0---3----------------3--0-------| (aka X)
G|-0--0----------------------------2--0--|
california  girls they have a way
of  moving their mouths just a certain  way
saying  things that always seem so right
 but when the shine  wears off at the end  of the day
 i'm left  with the tab and not a word  to say
 because i see  your face when they  turn out my light
   2
 so i keep another night by this fire and drink some wine
 X
 it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find
 new york ladies, they drive men crazy
 can't keep up, i'm from the south and lazy
 this town stays open too late for this old bum
 and maybe it's because it's got too many faces
 crammed like fishes in compact places
 this is why all of them seem desperate and alone
 so i pick back up the cigarettes, but only for the night
 X
 it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find
 2
 X
 georgia girls took all my pennies
 every time i come back i fall from many
 i wake up and wonder i ever left here
 when they spend all night with a drink to the face
 get caught up in politics and race
 i just smile and shove the cotton further down my ear
 and my hands are full of the sticky stuff from your backyard georgia pie
 it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find

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Readable chord sheet for Closest Thing to You I'm Gonna Find by Butch Walker

e|---------------0------3--0-------------|
B|-------0---3----------------3--0-------|  (aka X)
G|-0--0----------------------------2--0--|

[C]  [G]  [C]  [G]

[G]california girls they have a way [C]
[G]of moving their mouths just a c[C]ertain way
[G]saying things that always seem so [D]right
but when the [C]shine wears off at the [G]end of the day
i'm [Em]left with the tab and not a [C]word to say
because i [G]see your face when [D]they turn out my [G]light
     [C]                          [G]        2          [Em]
so i keep another night by this fire and drink some wine
X                                            [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find

new york ladies, they drive men crazy
can't keep up, i'm from the south and lazy
this town stays open too late for this old bum
and maybe it's because it's got too many faces
crammed like fishes in compact places
this is why all of them seem desperate and alone
so i pick back up the cigarettes, but only for the night
X                                            [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find

[C]  [G]  [C]  [G]
[Em]  [C]  [G]  2  [Em]
X  [C]  [G]  [G]

georgia girls took all my pennies
every time i come back i fall from many
i wake up and wonder i ever left here
when they spend all night with a drink to the face
get caught up in politics and race
i just smile and shove the cotton further down my ear
and my hands are full of the sticky stuff from your backyard georgia pie
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find

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