During instrumental play Bass line the same way you play superstition Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst playing G - strum the rest Back to G - D string - 5 2 Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7 Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5 Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5
G e|-------------3-3-------| B|-------------3-3-------| G|-------------0-0-------| D|-------------0-0-------| A|--0-2-0------2-2-------| E|---------3---3-3-------|
[Verse 1] [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell, Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in. Can you tell a green [D/F#] field from a cold steel ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il Do you think you can t [G] ell?
[Verse 2] Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for [D/F#] ghosts, Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge, And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the [Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?
[Instrumental] Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G
[Verse 3] [C] How I wish, how I wish you were [D/F#] here We're just [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, [G] year after year, [D/F#] Running over the same old ground. [C] What have we found? The same old [Am] fears. Wish you were here! [G]
[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)
