Brett Dennen - 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