Close To You
From: archer@u.washington.edu (Ted Whalen)
(They Long To Be) Close to You
Lyrics by Hal David
Music by Burt Bacharach
Bb = 3 0 1 x A7 = 0 2 4 x Am = 2 2 3 0 Dm = 2 0 0 1 D7 = x 0 3 2
Riff A:
|---------| - | -------| -------| | |---------| Bb 5 | A7 --0--3-| Am --0--3-| Dm | |--0---3--| - | -------| -------| | |---------| - | -------| -------| |
Why do birds suddenly ap - pear ev ry time you are near?
Riff B:
Bb F |---------- |-------------- |---------- | |---------- Bb |------------5- Bb |---------- F | |--0----3-- |--0----3------ |--0----3-- | |---------- |-------------- |---------- |
Just like me.. they long to be.... close to you...
A Why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
B Just like me...
they long to be...
close to you...
A Why do stars fall down from the sky
every time you walk by?
B Just like me...
They long to be...
Close to you...
Riff C:
|------------0--------------------| |----------------3---0------------| |--0--3---------------------------| |---------------------------------|
Bb Bb
On the day that you were born the
Bb Bb
Angels got to-gether and de-
(reminder) D7 = x 0 3 2
Am Am (Am) D7
-cid-ed to cre-ate a dream come true
Bb Bb
So they sprink-led moondust in your hair of
Bb Bb
gold and starlight in your eyes of
C
blue...
A That is why all the boys in town
Follow you all around
B Just like me
They long to be > repeat and fade
Close to you... /
C /
