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