Brett Dennen - Closer to you

^AWell I've tasted love so sweet ^APlayed around but not for keeps ^F#mI never been knocked off my feet ^F#mTill you came along ^C#mIn the room surrounding me ^DAre angels I cannot see ^BmI know they come to carry me to ^EWhere I belong

Closer to ^F#myou, closer to ^C#myou ^DI'm singing like a sailor strutting up your avenue ^F#m Like a clow^Bmn in a costume shop Wearing ^C#mnothing but my birthday suit Getting closer to ^F#myou ^F#m

^AAll the knocks upon your door ^AFootsteps fallen on your floor ^F#mAll the shipwrecks on your shore ^F#mMean nothing to me ^C#mAll the crooks on Capitol Hill ^DCriminals on the dollar bills ^BmAll the money on Wall Street still ^ECouldn't keep me from getting

Closer to ^F#myou. Closer to ^C#myou ^DLike a priest on a pulpit ^F#mpreaching to an empty room Like a ^Bmdrunk in a dive bar In the early ^C#mafternoon Closer to ^F#myou. ^F#m

^DmPoets could not pronounce your name ^DmGamblers couldn't play the game ^AmMatchstick statues set to flame ^AmCouldn't hold a candle to you ^GmSwindlers on the Sunset strip ^GmHypnotists and hypocrites ^EVentriloquists and Pickpockets ^EWish that they could get

^AWell I've tasted love so sweet ^APlayed around but not for keeps ^F#mI never been knocked off my feet ^F#mTill you came along ^C#mI sit through the trickery ^DThe jealousy and vanity ^BmThe potency of your prophesy ^EBecause I long to be

Closer to ^F#myou. Closer to ^C#myou ^DLike a hound dog in a junkyard honey ^F#mI'm howling at the moon ^BmLike a Pirate in a pawnshop ^C#mwith a pocket full of jewels Closer to ^F#myou (^F#mx3)