Intro
A E A E
A
Well I've tasted love so sweet
A
Played around but not for keeps
F#m
I never been knocked off my feet
F#m
Till you came along
C#m
In the room surrounding me
D
Are angels I cannot see
Bm
I know they come to carry me to
E
Where I belong
F#m C#m
Closer to you, closer to you
D
I'm singing like a sailor
F#m
strutting up your avenue
Bm
Like a clown in a costume shop
C#m
Wearing nothing but my birthday suit
F#m F#m
Getting closer to you
A
All the knocks upon your door
A
Footsteps fallen on your floor
F#m
All the shipwrecks on your shore
F#m
Mean nothing to me
C#m
All the crooks on Capitol Hill
D
Criminals on the dollar bills
Bm
All the money on Wall Street still
E
Couldn't keep me from getting
F#m C#m
Closer to you. Closer to you
D
Like a priest on a pulpit
F#m
preaching to an empty room
Bm
Like a drunk in a dive bar
C#m
In the early afternoon
F#m F#m
Closer to you.
Dm
Poets could not pronounce your name
Dm
Gamblers couldn't play the game
Am
Matchstick statues set to flame
Am
Couldn't hold a candle to you
Gm
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
Gm
Hypnotists and hypocrites
E
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
E
Wish that they could get
Solo: Dm Dm Am Am Gm Gm E E
A
Well I've tasted love so sweet
A
Played around but not for keeps
F#m
I never been knocked off my feet
F#m
Till you came along
C#m
I sit through the trickery
D
The jealousy and vanity
Bm
The potency of your prophesy
E
Because I long to be
F#m C#m
Closer to you. Closer to you
D
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
F#m
I'm howling at the moon
Bm
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
C#m
with a pocket full of jewels
F#m F#m
Closer to you (x3)
