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From: archer@u.washington.edu (Ted Whalen)
(They Long To Be) Close to You
Lyrics by Hal David
Music by Burt Bacharach
Bb = 3 0 1 x
A7 = 0 2 4 x
Am = 2 2 3 0
Dm = 2 0 0 1
D7 = x 0 3 2
Riff A:
|---------| - | -------| -------| |
|---------| Bb 5 | A7 --0--3-| Am --0--3-| Dm |
|--0---3--| - | -------| -------| |
|---------| - | -------| -------| |
Why do birds suddenly ap - pear ev ry time you are near?
Riff B:
Bb F
|---------- |-------------- |---------- |
|---------- Bb |------------5- Bb |---------- F |
|--0----3-- |--0----3------ |--0----3-- |
|---------- |-------------- |---------- |
Just like me.. they long to be.... close to you...
A Why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
B Just like me...
they long to be...
close to you...
A Why do stars fall down from the sky
every time you walk by?
B Just like me...
They long to be...
Close to you...
Riff C:
|------------0--------------------|
|----------------3---0------------|
|--0--3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Bb Bb
On the day that you were born the
Bb Bb
Angels got to-gether and de-
(reminder)
D7 = x 0 3 2
Am Am (Am) D7
-cid-ed to cre-ate a dream come true
Bb Bb
So they sprink-led moondust in your hair of
Bb Bb
gold and starlight in your eyes of
C
blue...
A That is why all the boys in town
Follow you all around
B Just like me \
They long to be > repeat and fade
Close to you... /
C /
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