Billy Joel-Getting Closer
[Intro - Bass drum on chords][G]xxx [G#]xxx
[Verse - Full drums - Guitar staccato and muted]
I went
[A] searching for the [G] truth
But in my [Em] innocence I [A] found
All the [A] con men and their [G] acrobats
Who [Em] stomped me in the [A] ground
If I [A] count up their [G] percentages
I [Em] know they're getting [A] rich
But t [A] hey haven't taken [G] everything
Those [Em] paybacks are a [A] bitch (Asus 2 figure)
[Prechorus - climb is A A/B C - chords more open]
Though I've [C] lost quite a lot
I am [G] still in control
They can [C] keep what they've got
But they [A] can't have my soul (stop)
[Chorus - 8th notes on strumming]
And if [D] I don't [G] have this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] I still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer (stop)
[Verse]
What was [A] (back in) ripped off by [G] professionals
Is [Em] not all that it [A] seems
While I [A] must live up to [G] contracts
I did [Em] not give up my [A] dreams (Asus 2 figure + drums stop)
If I [A] see it as [G] experience
It [Em] hasn't gone to [A] waste
Lately [A] all the missing [G] pieces
Have been [Em] falling into [A] place
[Prechorus - Climb up figure A A/B C]
And if [C] I could go back and start [G] over somehow
I would [C] not change that much
Knowing [A] what I know now (stops)
[Chorus - 8th notes strumming]
Thought there [D] have been [G] sins
I [A] will [D] regret
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
I [D] don't have [G] all the [A] answers [Bm] yet
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[Solo 1]
G F F G x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
A G Em A x 4 (play chords higher up to change)
(stop)
[Verse]
I'm a [A] mark for every [G] shyster
From [Em] Topanga to [A] Berlin
And I [A] should have learned to [G] kick them out
As [Em] soon as they crawled [A] in
So to [A] every bank in [G] Switzerland
That [Em] stores my stolen [A] youth
I'm a [A] lright because [G] despite the laws
You [Em] cannot hide the [A] truth
[Prechorus]
And [C] although you will say
I am [G] still too naive
Well I [C] have not lost faith
In the [A] things I believe
[Chorus]
And if [D] I don't [G] have a this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
I [D] still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] still [G] getting [A] closer, [D] getting closer
[Solo 2]
G F F G x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
[Outro]
A G Em A x 4
[Solo 1 Phrase]
E 3-3-3--------------------
B 3-3-3-------6----------
G -----5p3---5-------------
D --------5s7---------------
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