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I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner, 1970) Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q. 4/4 TIME @ in 'D' and 'F'. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYS E A D G B e Bass| Chord ------------------ --------------- D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F# Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E Ca9 - x 3 2 0 3 0 C G-D-C-E -OR- - x 3 2 0 3 3 C G-D-C-E Dm - x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F A# - x 1 3 3 3 1 A# A#-D-F F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F A7 - x 0 2 0 2 0 A A-C#-E-G -OR- - x 0 2 2 2 3 A A-C#-E-G PART I - 'I'm Your Captain' =========================== INTRO: [14 M] ----- NC… e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------| G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---| D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------| G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-| D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 | 'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB - D Ds2 D Ca9 D Ds2 D Ca9 e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---| B|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---| G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---| D|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---| A|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - Ev-'ry- VERSE #1: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB ('Ds2' not shown below for simplicity) - -------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | -bo-… dy,… lis-ten to… me… and re-turn… me… my… |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | ship… I'm your cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | feel-… ing… migh-ty sick… I've been VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB - -------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | lost… now,… days un-count-… ed… It's been months… since… I've… seen |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | home… Can you hear… me?… Can you hear… me,… or… |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | … am I… all a-lone… If you re- VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB - -------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | -turn… me… to my home… port,… I will kiss… you,… moth-… er |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | earth… Take me back… now,… take me back,… now,… to the |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | port… of my birth… |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | BRIDGE: [28 M] ------ *** KEY = 'F' - V |D |D |D |D |Dm |A# | Am I in… my ca-… bin dream-… ing,… |Dm |A# |Dm | … or are… you real-… ly schem-… ing… to take… my |A# |F |A7 |Dm | ship… a-… way… from… me?… You'd bet-… ter |A# |Dm |A# | think… a-bout… it… I just… can't live… with-out… it,… |Dm |A# |F |A7 | … so please… don't take… my… ship… from… me… Yeah,… yeah,… RE-INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') - -------- |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 | yeah… ** Play 'VERSE' TAB - |D Ds2 D Ca9 |D Ds2 D Ca9 | I can VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB - -------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | feel… the hand… of a stran-… ger,… and it's tight-… 'ning… 'round my |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | throat… Hea-ven, help… me,… hea-ven, help… me… Take this |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | stran-… ger… from my boat… I'm your VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB - -------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | feel-… in'… might-… y… sick… Ev-'ry-bo-… dy,… lis-ten |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | to… me,… and re-turn… me… my… ship… I'm your REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB - ------- |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your |D Ca9 |D Ca9 | cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… PART II - 'Closer To Home' ========================== REFRAIN #1: [28 M] ---------- |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home… |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home… |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home… |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home,… oh… |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | … SOLO: [16 M] ---- |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X - ---------- |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 | I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home… ** NOTE: Grand Funk plays this line 16 times with a great strings track before the fade-out, but you can end it after you've played it as many times as you want by holding the 'D' after the 'Ca9'.