[Intro - BPM 117 - No drums high riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -10-----10-10------10---10-- B -10h11--11-11------11---10-- G -10-----10-10------10---10-- D -10h12--12-12------12---10-- A -10-----10-10------10---10-- E -10-----10-10------10---10-- Dr B S B S
[Verse] [Verse riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -3-----3-3------3---5----- B -3-----3-3------3---6---- G -3-----3-3------3---5---- D -3-----3-3------3---7---- A -3h5---5-5------5---5------ E -3-----3-3------3---5---- Dr B S B S
[Gm7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] You [Gm7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section] [Gm7] E -3----------------- B -3----------------- G -3----------------- D -3--5--------------- A -3--5--------------- E -3----------------- Dr B B S B S
Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum] Well the [Gm7] pistons keep on turning A nd the whe [Gm7] els go round and round [F] The [Gm7] steel rails are cold and hard [F] For the [Gm7] miles that they go down
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Cm7] ooh (drums stop)
[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end - bring drums back in at some point [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] B S B S
[Intro - Dirty filthy shuffle for this] [Cadd9*][C] x3
[Verse 1 - for 'why do' emphasise low E then G of C chord] [C] Why do [Cadd9] birds suddenly ap [B7] pear Every [Bm] time you are [Em] near [C] Just like [Cadd9] me, [C] they long to [Cadd9] be [Gmaj7] Close to [G] you
[Verse 2] [C] Why do [Cadd9] stars fall down from the [B7] sky Every [Bm] time you walk [Em] by [C] Just like [Cadd9] me, [C] they long to [Cadd9] be [Gmaj7] Close to [G] you
[Chorus - C to C6 is like Status Quo - x355 x373] [C] On the [C6] day that [C] you were [C6] born, the [C] angels [C6] got to [C] gether [C6] And de [Bm] cided to create a dream come [E] true [E7] So they [C] sprinkled moondust [C6] in you hair And [Am] golden starlight [C6] in your eyes of [D] blue [upward strums of D - x-x-0-11-10-10 - x5777x]
[Verse 3] [C] That is [Cadd9] why, all the girls in [B7] town Follow [Bm] you, all a [Em] round [C] Just like [Cadd9] me, [C] they long to [Cadd9] be [Gmaj7] Close to [G] you
[Instrumental - add capo at 1 if you want to do the key change] [C][C][C9] x - [C9][C][C9][C] - [B7] x x x - [Bm] x x x - [Em] x x x [C9] x [C] x - [C9] x [C] x (following keypart) - [Gmaj7] x [G] x
[Chorus] [C] On the [C6] day that [C] you were [C6] born, the [C] angels [C6] got to [C] gether [C6] And de [Bm] cided to create a dream come [E] tru [E7] e So they [C] sprinkled moondust [C6] in you hair And [Am] golden starlight [C6] in your eyes of [D] blue
[Verse 4] [C] That is [Cadd9] why, all the girls in [B7] town Follow [Bm] you, all a [Em] round [C] Just like [Cadd9] me, [C] they long to [Cadd9] be [Gmaj7] Close to [G] you [Pause] [C] Just like [Cadd9] me, [C] they long to [Cadd9] be ................ [Pause - THEN PLAY G BUT AS PER KEYBOARD INTRO WITH C9 pluck all strings to help high E rings out] [Gadd9][G] E -5-----3--5--7--5--3 B -0------------------ G -0------------------ D -0------------------ A -X------------------ E -3------------------ Close to you (end on Gadd9 with pause before outro)
[Outro] [C9] Why uh uh uh [C] ay [Gmaj7] Close to you (repeat to fade)