Intro A E A E A Well I've tasted love so sweet A Played around but not for keeps F#m I never been knocked off my feet F#m Till you came along C#m In the room surrounding me D Are angels I cannot see Bm I know they come to carry me to E Where I belong F#m C#m Closer to you, closer to you D I'm singing like a sailor F#m strutting up your avenue Bm Like a clown in a costume shop C#m Wearing nothing but my birthday suit F#m F#m Getting closer to you A All the knocks upon your door A Footsteps fallen on your floor F#m All the shipwrecks on your shore F#m Mean nothing to me C#m All the crooks on Capitol Hill D Criminals on the dollar bills Bm All the money on Wall Street still E Couldn't keep me from getting F#m C#m Closer to you. Closer to you D Like a priest on a pulpit F#m preaching to an empty room Bm Like a drunk in a dive bar C#m In the early afternoon F#m F#m Closer to you. Dm Poets could not pronounce your name Dm Gamblers couldn't play the game Am Matchstick statues set to flame Am Couldn't hold a candle to you Gm Swindlers on the Sunset strip Gm Hypnotists and hypocrites E Ventriloquists and Pickpockets E Wish that they could get Solo: Dm Dm Am Am Gm Gm E E A Well I've tasted love so sweet A Played around but not for keeps F#m I never been knocked off my feet F#m Till you came along C#m I sit through the trickery D The jealousy and vanity Bm The potency of your prophesy E Because I long to be F#m C#m Closer to you. Closer to you D Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey F#m I'm howling at the moon Bm Like a Pirate in a pawnshop C#m with a pocket full of jewels F#m F#m Closer to you (x3) I'll get through Oh baby I'll get through Closer to you