Brett Dennen - Closer to you

^GWell I've tasted love so sweet ^GPlayed around but not for keeps ^EmI never been knocked off my feet ^EmTill you came along ^BmIn the room surrounding me ^CAre angels I cannot see ^AmI know they come to carry me to ^DWhere I belong

^DCloser to ^Emyou, closer to^Bm you ^CI'm singing like a sailor ^Cstrutting ^Emup your avenue ^EmLike a ^Amclown in a costume shop ^AmWearing ^Bmnothing but my birthday suit ^BmGetting closer to ^Emyou

^GAll the knocks upon your door ^GFootsteps fallen on your floor ^EmAll the shipwrecks on your shore ^EmMean nothing to me ^BmAll the crooks on Capital Hill ^CCriminals on the dollar bills ^AmAll the money on Wall Street still ^DCouldn't keep me from getting

^DCloser to ^Emyou. Closer to^Bm you ^CLike a priest on a pulpit ^Empreaching to an empty room ^EmLike a ^Amdrunk in a dive bar ^AmIn the early ^Bmafternoon ^BmCloser to ^Emyou.

^CmPoets could not pronounce your name ^CmGamblers couldn't play the game ^GmMatchstick statues set to flame ^GmCouldn't hold a candle to you ^FmSwindlers on the Sunset strip ^FmHypnotists and hypocrites ^DVentriloquists and Pickpockets ^DWish that they could get

^GWell I've tasted love so sweet ^GPlayed around but not for keeps ^EmI never been knocked off my feet ^EmTill you came along ^BmI sit through the trickery ^CThe jealousy and vanity ^AmThe potency of your prophesy ^DBecause I long to be

^DCloser to ^Emyou. Closer to ^Bmyou ^CLike a hound dog in a junkyard honey ^EmI'm howling at the moon ^AmLike a Pirate in a pawnshop ^Bmwith a pocket full of jewels ^BmCloser to ^Emyou (x3) ^EmI'll get through ^EmOh baby I'll get ^Bmthrough ^BmCloser to ^Emyou