Closer To You

	  		 
 
Intro: 
G    D/F#    Em    C    D 
G    D/F#    Em    C    D 
Verse 1: 
        G       D/F#    Em   
Well, I left my transportation 
C               G 
sittin? on its rims. 
G  D/F#      Em 
    Hopped a Greyhound, 
         C          D 
left the drivin? to them. 
        G   D/F#    Em 
Told the driver my story, 
        C                 G 
Said he see what he could do.  
         G    D/F#    Em                  C 
And each turn of those wheels got me 
D          G    D/F#    Em    C    D 
Closer to you. 
 
Verse 2: 
G        D/F#       Em 
    Boarded a clipper 
C                    G 
Docked in the bay 
G    D/F#    Em      
    Just my luck the winds were 
C          D 
Calm that day 
         G   D/F#    Em  
Told the captain my story 
        C              G 
And he whistled up his crew 
G       D/F#     Em               C 
   Broke out the oars and got me  
D          G       D/F#     Em     C     D 
Closer to you. 
 
 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
Cadd9     G 
One if by land 
Em        D 
Two if by sea 
Cadd9          G 
One way or the other 
       Em            D 
Keep a light on for me. 
    Cadd9             G 
Any means of transportation 
              Em       D    Cadd9 
There ain?t nothin? I won?t do 
       G   D/F#   Em             C 
To reach my destination that is 
D         G       D/F#    Em    C    D 
Closer to you. 
 
Verse 3: 
       G        D/F#     Em 
Well, I walked along the rails 
          C            G 
?Til I heard a whistle sound. 
G      D/F#     Em 
    Spotted an open freight car 
C      D 
Ran it down. 
     G       D/F#    Em 
Told those hobos my story 
C          G 
Over their stew 
    G     D/F#      Em              C 
And they passed the hat to get me 
D          G    D/F#    Em    C    D 
Closer to you. 
 
Verse 4: 
        G    D/F#      Em 
Well, I hung out at the airfield 
C             G 
Stowed away unseen. 
G        D/F#       Em 
        Reached mid-flight and then I 
C                 D 
Walked out on the wing 
        G  D/F#     Em 
Told the pilot my story 
        C                   G 
And he handed me his ?chute. 
         G D/F#   Em          C 
And the faster I fell got me 
D         G    D/F#    Em    C    D 
Closer to you. 
 
Chorus 2: 
        Cadd9           D 
And I?d walk a million miles 
       Em   D      Cadd9 
Til I wore out my shoes 
       G        D/F#      Em 
Then I crawl on hands and knees 
           C      D 
Just to be. Just to be 
            G    D/F#    Em    C    D  x2 (end with strum of G) 
Closer to you