-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Closer To Love - Mat Kearney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Eric Email: eric3312@gmail.com *(9/23/09)* Video Tutorial Now Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajjieRWTkI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTES: I have watched 2,004,556 videos of Mat Kearney playing this song. I have also seen him live, front row. I suggest you watch some videos of him playing it, and then compare what you see him playing to what is in this tab. Thank you! Studio Version: Mat will play some of the song with the piano, and the other parts with an acoustic guitar. The tuning for the studio version is STANDARD. Live Version: Mat will SOMETIMES play the live version of this song in STANDARD TUNING, and other times 1/2 STEP DOWN TUNING. Mat will sometimes even tune his guitar by ear and ask, "Good Enough?" So, if you play along with his acoustic performances, it might not sound exactly right. Here are some GREAT reference videos: Best Reference Video (he messes up at 1:05 though): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3US5dLlxis Others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2fu34gKNE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6bS5JHBOrw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DTfI6_WQaQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Chords Used in this Song: --------------------- | | | C (x32010) | | C/B (x20010) | | Am (x02210) | | G5 (3x0033) | | Fmaj7 (x33210) | | Gmaj6 (x55430) | | Dm7 (xx0211) | | | --------------------- Note: In the studio version, SOMETIMES you can hear Mat use this G chord: (x55433). For Example, listen to 1:51-1:52. (Right before he says "We're gonna get there soon") However, Mat just plays the Gmaj6 chord live and sometimes doesn't even hit the high E string at all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 1: C C/B She got the call today, One out of the gray Am G5 And when the smoke cleared, It took her breath away C C/B She said she didn't believe, It could happen to me Am G5 Fmaj7 I guess we're all one phone call from our knees Gmaj6 We're gonna get there soon C C/B If every building falls, And all the stars fade Am G5 Fmaj7 We'll still be singing this song, The one they can't take away Gmaj6 Am I'm gonna get there soon, She's gonna be there too G5 Fmaj7 Cryin' in her room, Prayin' Lord come through Gmaj6 We're gonna get there soon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus: C Oh it's your light, Oh it's your way Fmaj7 Pull me out of the dark, Just to shoulder the weight Dm7 Cryin' out now, From so far away G5 Fmaj7 C G5 Am You pull me closer to looooooooooooooooooove Fmaj7 C G5 Closer to loooooooooooooooooove -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 2: C C/B Meet me once again, Down off Lake Michigan Am G5 Where we could feel the storm blowin' down with the wind C C/B And don't apologize, For all the tears you've cried Am G5 You've been way too strong now for all your life Fmaj7 Gmaj6 Am I'm gonna get there soon, You're gonna be there too G5 Fmaj7 Cryin' in your room, Prayin' Lord come through Gmaj6 We're gonna get there soon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus: "Oh it's your light Oh it's your way Pull me out of the dark Just to shoulder the weight Cryin' out now From so far away You pull me closer to love Closer to love" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bridge (See Bottom For Strumming Pattern): Fmaj7 C Am G5 Cause you are all that I've waited for all of my life Fmaj7 C G5 (We're gonna get there) Fmaj7 C Am G5 You are all that I've waited for all of my life Fmaj7 C G5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro: C You pull me closer to love hooo hooooo Dm7 Closer to love hooo hooooo Fmaj7 Gmaj6 Pull me closer to looooooooooooooove Am C Fmaj7 Gmaj6 Pull me closer to love hooo hooooo Am C Closer to love oh no Fmaj7 Gmaj6 Closer to love hooo hooooo Am C Closer to looooooooovvveee Fmaj7 C Am G5 Fmaj7 C G5 Pull me closer to love Fmaj7 C Am G5 Fmaj7 C G5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strumming Pattern for the Bridge/Outro: d = down strum u = up strum D u D D D u D D D e|---0-0-0---0--------------0-0-0------3-3--------| B|---1-1-1---1--------------1-1-1------3-3--------| G|---2-2-2---0--------------2-2-2------0-0--------| D|---3-3-3---2--------------2-2-2------0-0--------| A|---3---3---3--------------0---0------x-x--------| E|---x---x---x--------------x---x------3-3--------| D u D D u D D D e|---0-0-0---0---0-------3-------------3-3--------| B|---1-1-1---1---1-------3-------------3-3--------| G|---2-2-2---0---0-------0-------------0-0--------| D|---3-3-3---2---2-------0-------------0-0--------| A|---3---3---3---3-------x-------------x-x--------| E|---x---x---x---x-------3-------------3-3--------| D u D D D D D D e|---0-0-0---0--------------0-0--------3-3--------| B|---1-1-1---1--------------1-1--------3-3--------| G|---2-2-2---0--------------2-2--------0-0--------| D|---3-3-3---2--------------2-2--------0-0--------| A|---3---3---3--------------0-0--------x-x--------| E|---x---x---x--------------x-x--------3-3--------| D u D D u D e|---0-0-0---0---0-------3---------------------| B|---1-1-1---1---1-------3---------------------| G|---2-2-2---0---0-------0---------------------| D|---3-3-3---2---2-------0---------------------| A|---3---3---3---3-------x---------------------| E|---x---x---x---x-------3---------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------