Closer to Me
Words and music by Dar Williams
From The Beauty of the Rain

Transcription by:  Indra Kenyon
Date:  March 18, 2004

Intro:  F, Am, G, C,     F, Am, C, G

(F)(Am)You can (G)leave this (C)house,
 (F)leave this (Am)town(C)(G)
(F)(Am)leave it (G)all to (C)me,
(F)or you’ll (Am)never (G)leave the (C)ground
(F)(Am)look at that (G)tiny (C)screen’s too (F)small for (Am)you(C)(G)
(F)I think (Am)you should (G)learn to (C)dream
(F)just (C)like the (G)dreamers (C)do
(F)What can you (Am)do with a (G)day(C)
(F)what will you (Am)wake up and (G)see
(F)the (Am)farther (G)you get,(C)
the (F)clo(Am)(G)ser (C)to me (F)(Am)(G)
(F)Am (Am) I the (G)habit (C)you’re too (F)tired to (Am)break?(C)(G)
(F)I want (Am)you to (G)love (C)me
with (F)every(Am)step you(G)take(C)
(F)What can you (Am)do with a (G)day?(C)
(F)What will you (Am)wake up and (G)see
(F)The (Am)farther (G)you get,
(C)the (F)clo(Am)(G)ser (C)to me(F)(Am)(G)
(F)Taj Mahal, (Am)Cameroon, (G)back in time, (C)to the moon,
(F)Frozen lake, (Am)cypress trees, (G)Florida’s (C)missing keys
(F)El Dorado, (Am)Spain or bust, (G)Eiffel Tower, (C)Paris just
(F)(Am)(G)Find (C)your way in(F)(Am)(G)
(F)(Am)You can (G)leave this (C)house,
(F)leave this (Am)town(C)(G)
(F)(Am)all that’s (G)left to (C)chart is
(F)nothing (Am)less than (G)you’re own (C)heart
(F)what can you (Am)do with a (G)day, your (C)day
(F)what will you (Am)wake up and (G)see
(F)the (Am)farther (G)you get (C)the (F)clo(Am)(G)ser (C)to me
(F)down the river, (Am)down the road, (G)Little Rock, (C)Tokyo,
(F)dusty trail, (Am)Flagstaff, (G)in a faded (C)photograph,
(F)thunderstorm, (Am)Golden Sands, (G)Cape of Horn, (C)Pakistan,
(F)Surinam, (Am)Highway One, (G)Chinatown, (C)smoking gun
(F)Golden Gate, (Am)Baltic Sea, (G)Painted Desert, (C)Laramie,
(F)Taj Mahal, (Am)Cameroon, (G)back in time, (C)to the moon
(F)Frozen lake, (Am)cypress trees, (G)Florida’s (C)missing keys,
(F)El Dorado, (Am)Spain or bust, (G)Eiffel Tower, (C)Paris just
(F)(Am)(G)Find (C)your way in(F)(Am)(G)(C)..


This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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