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Close as You'll Ever Be - The Boomtown Rats
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Tabbed by: Mick 2009
Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Amx4 (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
(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
Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Amx8 (x02210@1)Get up close to me honey
Emx8 (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Amx8 (x02210@1)Emx8 (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm 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
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m A (x02220@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em Bm (x24432@1)
Mick 2009