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COME A LITTLE CLOSER – Cage the Elephant
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Tuning: Standard
This is version of the song 'Come a Little Closer' song by Cage the Elephant!
It is acoustic and it sounds right to me! For the actual video check out
this video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMAcrpceso and let's do
this!
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I believe (don't quote me on this) that this song is in the key of C#m so the
chords are as follows...
My Strumming Pattern – |–d–du–udu–udu–udu–|
Chords –
A F#m C#m E G#m
e|–––5–––|––––2–––|–––4–––|–––0–––|–––4–––|
B|–––5–––|––––2–––|–––5–––|–––0–––|–––4–––|
G|–––6–––|––––2–––|–––6–––|–––1–––|–––4–––|
D|–––7–––|––––4–––|–––6–––|–––2–––|–––6–––|
A|–––7–––|––––4–––|–––4–––|–––2–––|–––6–––|
E|–––5–––|––––2–––|–––4–––|–––0–––|–––4–––|
Intro – C#m, G#m, F#m, C#m
C#m G#m
Time Shakes, found you at the water,
F#m C#m
At first you were my father, now I love you like a brother
C#m G#m
Earthquakes, shake the dust behind you
F#m
The world at times will blind you
C#m... E
Still I know I see you there.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m A
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
(Little fill here in the song after see)
e|–––––|
B|–––––|
G|–––––|
D|–––––|
A|–––––|
E|–2–4–|
C#m G#m
Heartbreaks, the heavy world's upon your shoulders,
F#m
Will we burn on or just smolder?
C#m
Somehow I know I'll find you there.
C#m G#m F#m
Oooh, I wanna see if can change it, change it
C#m... E
Still I know I'll see you there.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m A
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
F#m
Oh,(x8)
A
Oh,(x32)
C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m
Ohhhhhh
A F#m C#m F#m G#m
Ten thousand people stand alone, now.
A F#m C#m
And in the evening the sun sets,
F#m G#m A
Tomorrow it will rise.
F#m C#m F#m G#m A (Switch to straight 8 notes from
Time, Flies, By they all sang along here on out in this 'time' section)
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
F#m C#m F#m G#m
Time, Flies, Byyyyy, byyyyy
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(He does a little lick after the C#m on see like so, listen to it and you'll
hear it)
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G|––––––––––––––––––|
D|––––––––––––––––––|
A|––6–7––11h12–11–7–|
E|––––––––––––––––––|
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see.
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That's it! Work out your own strumming pattern or use the one I provided for
the verse and the intro here it is – |–d–du–udu–udu–udu–| It's that per
chord! Just listen to the song to figure out your own pattern or hear mine!
