Getting Closer chords by
Billy Joel
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
G
G

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Ab
Ab
4

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A
A

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I went searching for the truth
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G

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Em
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A
A

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But in my innocence I found
G
G

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All the con men and their acrobats
Em
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A
A

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Who stomped me in the ground
G
G

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If I count up their percentages
Em
Em

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A
A

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I know they're getting rich
G
G

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But they haven't taken everything
Em
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A
A

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Those paybacks are a bitch
Bm
Bm
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Though I've
Verse 2
C
C

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lost quite a lot
G
G

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I am still in control
C
C

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They can keep what they've got
A
A

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But they can't have my soul
D
D

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G
G

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A
A

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D

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And if I don't have this all worked out
G
G

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A
A

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D
D

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Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
G
G

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A
A

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Bm
Bm
2

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I still have far to go no doubt
D
D

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G

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A

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D

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But I'm getting closer, getting closer
Verse 3
A
A

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G

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What was ripped off by professionals
Em
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A
A

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Is not all that it seems
G
G

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While I must live up to contracts
Em
Em

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A
A

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I did not give up my dreams
G
G

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If I see it as experience
Em
Em

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A
A

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It hasn't gone to waste
Lately all the missing pieces
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G

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Em
Em

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A
A

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Have been falling into place
G
G

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An d if
Verse 4
C
C

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I could go back
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G

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and start over somehow
C
C

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I would not change that much
A
A

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Knowing what I know now
D
D

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G
G

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Thought there have been sins
A
A

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I will regret
D
D

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G
G

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Still I'm getting close,
A
A

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D
D

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getting closer
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G

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A

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Bm
Bm
2

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I don't have all the answers yet
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D

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G

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A
A

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D

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G
G

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F
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G

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But I'm getting closer,
F
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Dm
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G

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F

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getting closer
Dm
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G
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Interlude 1
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Dm
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A
A

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Em
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Em
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A

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G

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Em
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A

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G

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Em
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A

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Verse 5
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A

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I'm a mark for every shyster
Em
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From Topanga to Berlin
A
A

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And I should have
G
G

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learned to kick them out
Em
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As soon as they crawled in
A
A

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G

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So to every bank in Switzerland
Em
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A

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That stores my stolen youth
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G

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I'm alright because despite the laws
Em
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A
A

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You cannot hide the truth
G
G

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And although
Verse 6
C
C

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you will say
G
G

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I am still too naive
C
C

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But I have not lost faith
A
A

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In the things I believe
Verse 7
D
D

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A
A

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D
D

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And if I don't have a this all worked out
G
G

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A
A

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D
D

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Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
G
G

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A
A

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Bm
Bm
2

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I still have far to go no doubt
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D

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G

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A

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But I'm still getting closer, getting closer
Outro 1
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A

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G

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Em
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G

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Em
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A

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Em
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G

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Em
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G

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Em
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G

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Em
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G

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Em
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