
Carpenters-Close To You
[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)