Cage The Elephant - Come A Little Closer Acoustic

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come a little closer ( acoustic ) – cage the elephant
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tabbed by : evanryder1

tabbed off of this video (

tuning : standard

chords used :

C#m G#m F#m E A
E | – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – 6 – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – x – – – – – – 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse 1

{strumming pattern : D du udu udu udu}

C#m G#m
time shakes , found you at the water
F#m C#m
at first you were my father , now i love you like a brother
C#m G#m
earthquakes shake the dust behind you
F#m
this world at times will blind you
C#m E ( A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
things aren ’ ’t always what they seem to be
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
do you understand the things that you’ve been seein’
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
do you understand the things that you’ve been dreaming
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see

then on the low E string it’s 2 – – – 4 – – –

verse 2

{strumming pattern : D du udu udu udu}

C#m G#m
heartbreaks , the heavy world’s upon your shoulders
F#m
will we burn or we just smolder
C#m
so now i know i found you there
C#m G#m F#m
ooooh , wanna see if you can change it , change it
C#m E (
chorus :
{strumming pattern : D dudu}

A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
things aren ’ ’t always what they seem to be
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
do you understand the things that you’ve been seein’
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
do you understand the things that you’ve been dreaming
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see

verse 3

{strumming pattern : short downstrums on each beat}

C#m
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F#m
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
C#m
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F#m C#m F#m G#m {a F#m C#m F#m G#m
ten thousand people stand alone now
A F#m C#m
and in the evening the sun sets ,
F#m G#m A
tomorrow it will rise
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
time flies by , they all sing along
{strumming pattern : quick downstrums}
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
time flies by , they all sing along
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
time flies by , they all sing along
F#m C#m F#m G#m
time flies by , by

chorus :
{strumming pattern varies a lot line – to – line in this chorus}

A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
C#m
come on , come on , come on
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see
A F#m C#m
come a little closer then you’ll see

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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer – on
| p pull – off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x mute note
| B bend
| pb pre – bend
| br bend release
| pbr pre – bend release
| brb bend release bend

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