close as youll ever be chords by
The Boomtown Rats

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Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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(I said)
Down at the street around half past nine
I heard someone scream
Bb Bb 
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I found someone dying
G G 
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C C 
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His throat was slit from
ear to ear
G G 
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He mumbled so low I could hardly hear
Bb Bb 
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I bent down low so i could
C C 
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hear what he said
Bb Bb 
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He said tell me the truth am
C C 
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I nearly that dead
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F F 
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G G 
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I said you're close as you'll ever be
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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Oh yea you're as close
F F 
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as you'll ever be
G G 
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Verse 2
G G 
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Down on the beach around
C C 
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half past five
G G 
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I saw a pretty girl on a
deckchair reclining
C C 
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A grin split her face from ear to ear
G G 
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I went up close I must have got too near
Bb Bb 
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Cos I never saw the guy on
C C 
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the sea- front cafe
Bb Bb 
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Leaving his seat come and
C C 
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running my way

Verse 3

Saying you're close as

you'll ever be

Oh yea you're close as you'll ever be

Interlude 1
Get up close to me honey
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C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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Verse 4
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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G G 
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I said you're close as you'll ever be
Bb Bb 
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I said you're close as
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G G 
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you'll ever be
Bb Bb 
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You know you're as close
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G G 
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as you'll ever be
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Close as you'll ever be

Interlude 2

Verse 5
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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G G 
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C'mon you're close as you'll ever be
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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G G 
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Oh yea you're close as you'll ever be
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F F 
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G G 
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I said you're close as you'll ever be
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Gimme as close as you'll
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ever be

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