Intro
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A5
Well I've tasted love so sweet
A5
Played around but not for keeps
F#5
I never been knocked off my feet
F#5
Till you came along
C#5
In the room surrounding me
D5
Are angels I cannot see
B5
I know they come to carry me to
E5
Where I belong


          F#5            C#5
Closer to you, closer to you
D5
I'm singing like a sailor 
                               F#5
strutting up your avenue
           B5
Like a clown in a costume shop
        C#5
Wearing nothing but my birthday suit
                  F#5    F#5
Getting closer to you


A5
All the knocks upon your door
A5
Footsteps fallen on your floor
F#5
All the shipwrecks on your shore
F#5
Mean nothing to me
C#5
All the crooks on Capitol Hill
D5
Criminals on the dollar bills
B5
All the money on Wall Street still
E5
Couldn't keep me from getting


          F#5            C#5
Closer to you. Closer to you
D5
Like a priest on a pulpit 
F#5
preaching to an empty room
       B5                               
Like a drunk in a dive bar
             C#5
In the early afternoon
          F#5    F#5
Closer to you.


D5
Poets could not pronounce your name
D5
Gamblers couldn't play the game
A5
Matchstick statues set to flame
A5
Couldn't hold a candle to you
G5
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
G5
Hypnotists and hypocrites
E5
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
E5
Wish that they could get

Solo:   
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A5
Well I've tasted love so sweet
A5
Played around but not for keeps
F#5
I never been knocked off my feet
F#5
Till you came along
C#5
I sit through the trickery
D5
The jealousy and vanity
B5
The potency of your prophesy
E5
Because I long to be


          F#5            C#5
Closer to you. Closer to you
D5
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
F#5
I'm howling at the moon
B5 
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
C#5
with a pocket full of jewels
          F#5  F#5
Closer to you (x3)

I'll get through
Oh baby I'll get through
Closer to you