Closer To You

Intro 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 F#m C#m closer to you , closer to you D i’m singing like a sailor F#m strutting up your avenue Bm like a clown in a costume shop C#m wearing nothing but my birthday suit F#m F#m getting closer to you 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 F#m C#m closer to you . closer to you D like a priest on a pulpit F#m preaching to an empty room Bm like a drunk in a dive bar C#m in the early afternoon F#m F#m closer to you . 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 Solo : 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 F#m C#m closer to you . closer to 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 F#m F#m closer to you ( x3 ) i’ll get through oh baby i’ll get through closer to you