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Closer To You

Key: G

Introduction:

G         D/F#         Em         C         D  
                     G                 D/F#         Em  
Well, I left my transportation
C                                      G  
sittin? on its rims.
G    D/F#              Em  
          Hopped a Greyhound,
                        C                         D  
left the drivin? to them.
                     G      D/F#         Em  
Told the driver my story,
                     C                                            G  
Said he see what he could do.
                        G         D/F#         Em                                              C  
And each turn of those wheels got me
D                         G         D/F#         Em         C         D  
Closer to you.
G                    D/F#                 Em  
          Boarded a clipper
C                                                    G  
Docked in the bay
G         D/F#         Em  
          Just my luck the winds were
C                         D  
Calm that day
                        G      D/F#         Em  
Told the captain my story
                     C                                    G  
And he whistled up his crew
G                 D/F#            Em                                      C  
        Broke out the oars and got me
D                         G                 D/F#            Em            C            D  
Closer to you.
C9            G  
One if by land
Em                    D  
Two if by sea
C9                         G  
One way or the other
                  Em                              D  
Keep a light on for me.
          C9                                 G  
Any means of transportation
                                     Em                 D         C9  
There ain?t nothin? I won?t do
                  G      D/F#      Em                                 C  
To reach my destination that is
D                      G                 D/F#         Em         C         D  
Closer to you.
                  G                    D/F#            Em  
Well, I walked along the rails
                          C                              G  
?Til I heard a whistle sound.
G              D/F#            Em  
          Spotted an open freight car
C              D  
Ran it down.
             G                 D/F#         Em  
Told those hobos my story
C                         G  
Over their stew
          G            D/F#              Em                                    C  
And they passed the hat to get me
D                         G         D/F#         Em         C         D  
Closer to you.
                     G         D/F#              Em  
Well, I hung out at the airfield
C                                 G  
Stowed away unseen.
G                    D/F#                 Em  
                     Reached mid-flight and then I
C                                            D  
Walked out on the wing
                     G    D/F#            Em  
Told the pilot my story
                     C                                                 G  
And he handed me his ?chute.
                        G  D/F#      Em                         C  
And the faster I fell got me
D                      G         D/F#         Em         C         D  
Closer to you.
                     C9                            D  
And I?d walk a million miles
                  Em      D              C9  
Til I wore out my shoes
                  G                    D/F#              Em  
Then I crawl on hands and knees
                             C              D  
Just to be. Just to be
                                G         D/F#         Em         C         D                          G  
Closer to you