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			     Close as You'll Ever Be - The Boomtown Rats
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Tabbed by: Mick 2009


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(I said)
  Bm (x24432@1) Down at the street around half past nine
I heard someone scream
I found someone dying
    EmHis (022000@1)throat was slit from ear to ear
   BmHe (x24432@1)mumbled so low I could hardly hear
  D (xx0232@1)                      EmI (022000@1)bent down low so I could hear what he said
        D (xx0232@1)                    Em (022000@1)He said tell me the truth am I nearly that dead
                 D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)  I said you're close as you'll ever be
Oh yea you're as close as you'll ever be

  Bm (x24432@1) Down on the beach around half past five
I saw a pretty girl on a deckchair reclining
  EmA (022000@1)grin split her face from ear to ear
  BmI (x24432@1)went up close I must have got too near
      D (xx0232@1)                       EmCos (022000@1)I never saw the guy on the  sea-front cafe
      Leaving his seat come and running my way
              D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  BmSaying (x24432@1)you're close as you'll ever be
Oh yea you're close as you'll ever be

BmBm Amx8 (x02210@1)Get up close to me honey

Emx8 (022000@1)BmBm Amx8 (x02210@1)Emx8 (022000@1)BmBm Amx8 (x02210@1)
                   D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)I said you're     close as you'll ever be
Oh yeah you're     close as you'll ever be
You've been as     close as you'll ever be
                   Close as you'll ever be

Bm (x24432@1)
              D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)C'mon you're close as you'll ever be
Oh yea you're close as you'll ever be
I said you're close as you'll ever be
     Gimme as close as you'll ever be

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Mick 2009