Getting Closer

Getting Closer easy guitar chords by Billy Joel

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  • G

  • G#

    4
  • A

  • Em

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  • Verse 1
    went 
    searching 
    for 
    the truth 

    But 
    in 
    my 
    innocence 
    I found 

    All 
    the 
    con 
    men and 
    their 
    acrobats 

    Who 
    stomped 
    me 
    in 
    the ground 

    If 
    I count 
    up 
    their 
    per
    centages 

    know 
    they're 
    getting 
    rich 

    But 
    they 
    haven't 
    taken 
    everything 

    Those 
    paybacks are 
    a bitch 

    Though 
    I've 
    Verse 2
    lost 
    quite 
    lot 

    am still 
    in 
    control 

    They 
    can 
    keep 
    what 
    they've 
    got 

    But 
    they 
    can't 
    have 
    my soul 

    And 
    if 
    don't 
    have 
    this 
    all 
    worked 
    out 

    Still 
    I'm 
    getting 
    closer, 
    getting 
    closer 

    I still 
    have 
    far 
    to 
    go 
    no 
    doubt 

    But 
    I'm 
    getting 
    closer, 
    getting 
    closer 

    Verse 3
    What 
    was 
    ripped 
    off 
    by 
    pro
    fessionals 

    Is 
    not 
    all 
    that 
    it seem

    While 
    I must 
    live up 
    to 
    con
    tracts 

    did not 
    give 
    up my 
    dream

    If 
    I see 
    it 
    as 
    exper
    ience 

    It 
    hasn't 
    gone 
    to 
    waste 

    Lately 
    all 
    the missing 
    pieces 

    Have 
    been 
    falling 
    into 
    place 

    An
    d if 
    Verse 4
    could 
    go 
    back 

    and 
    start 
    over 
    somehow 

    would 
    not 
    change 
    that 
    much 

    Knowing 
    what 
    know 
    now 

    Thought 
    there 
    have 
    been 
    sins 

    will 
    re
    gret 

    Still 
    I'm 
    getting 
    close, 

    getting 
    closer 

    I don't 
    have 
    all 
    the 
    answers 
    yet 

    But 
    I'm 
    getting 
    closer, 

    getting 
    closer 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 5
    I'm 
    a mark 
    for 
    every 
    shyster 

    From 
    Topanga to 
    Berlin 

    And 
    I should 
    have 

    learned 
    to kick 
    them 
    out 

    As 
    soon 
    as they 
    crawled 
    in 

    So 
    to 
    every 
    bank 
    in Switzerland 

    That 
    stores 
    my stolen 
    youth 

    I'm 
    alright 
    because 
    des
    pite 
    the laws 

    You 
    cannot 
    hide 
    the truth 

    And al
    though 
    Verse 6
    you 
    will 
    say 

    am still 
    too 
    naive 

    But 
    have 
    not 
    lost 
    faith 

    In the 
    things 
    believe 

    Verse 7
    And 
    if 
    don't 
    have 
    this 
    all 
    worked 
    out 

    Still 
    I'm 
    getting 
    closer, 
    getting 
    closer 

    I still 
    have 
    far 
    to 
    go 
    no 
    doubt 

    But 
    I'm 
    still getting 
    closer, 
    getting 
    closer 

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