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

  Bm
  Down on the beach around half past five
I saw a pretty girl on a deckchair reclining
  Em
A grin split her face from ear to ear
  Bm
I went up close I must have got too near
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Cos I never saw the guy on the  sea-front cafe
      Leaving his seat come and running my way
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Saying you're close as you'll ever be
Oh yea you're close as you'll ever be

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Get up close to me honey

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                   D               A    Bm
 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

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              D               A    Bm
 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