John Prine - That close to you

^DLike a bolt of ^Elightning Like a bolt of ^Athunder ^DLike a cloudy ^Eday Down at the ^Azoo ^DLike a drowning ^Eman That will never go ^Aunder That close to ^Dyou, ^Gyeah, that close to ^Dyou

^F#mIn the middle of the night You'd ask me to ^Gmake you smile You'd come on like a ^Done-armed child With a hole in its ^Ashoe, poor ^A7you ^F#mEverybody oughta know It only hurts ya for a ^Glittle while So stop putting ^Dyourself on trial For something you didn't ^Ado Not ^A7you, to me, can't we be just like

^DLovers and ^Emothers and brothers and ^Asorrow ^DCan I find a little ^Esomething with a nicer ^Aview ^DI'm hating to ^Eplead but I'm begging to ^Aborrow Just to be that close to ^Dyou ^GYeah, that close to ^Dyou

^F#mIn the middle of the night You'd ask me to ^Gmake you smile You'd come on like a ^Done-armed child With a hole in its ^Ashoe, poor ^A7you ^F#mEverybody oughta know It only hurts ya for a ^Glittle while So stop putting ^Dyourself on trial For something you didn't ^Ado Not ^A7you, to me, can't we be just like

^DLovers and ^Emothers and brothers and ^Asorrow ^DCan I find a little ^Esomething with a nicer ^Aview ^DI'm hating to ^Eplead but I'm begging to ^Aborrow Just to be that close to ^Dyou ^GYeah, that close to ^Dyou ^GOh, that close to ^Dyou ^GYeah, that close to ^Dyou