Phillip Coleman
Closer to You

Capo 4th fret

Intro:
G    D/F#    Em    C    D
G    D/F#    Em    C    D
Verse 1:
        G       D/F#    Em  
Well, I left my transportation
C               G
sittin’ on its rims.
G  D/F#      Em
    Hopped a Greyhound,
         C          D
left the drivin’ to them.
        G   D/F#    Em
Told the driver my story,
        C                 G
Said he see what he could do. 
         G    D/F#    Em                  C
And each turn of those wheels got me
D          G    D/F#    Em    C    D
Closer to you.

Verse 2:
G        D/F#       Em
    Boarded a clipper
C                    G
Docked in the bay
G    D/F#    Em     
    Just my luck the winds were
C          D
Calm that day
         G   D/F#    Em 
Told the captain my story
        C              G
And he whistled up his crew
G       D/F#     Em               C
   Broke out the oars and got me 
D          G       D/F#     Em     C     D
Closer to you.




Chorus 1:
Cadd9     G
One if by land
Em        D
Two if by sea
Cadd9          G
One way or the other
       Em            D
Keep a light on for me.
    Cadd9             G
Any means of transportation
              Em       D    Cadd9
There ain’t nothin’ I won’t do
       G   D/F#   Em             C
To reach my destination that is
D         G       D/F#    Em    C    D
Closer to you.

Verse 3:
       G        D/F#     Em
Well, I walked along the rails
          C            G
‘Til I heard a whistle sound.
G      D/F#     Em
    Spotted an open freight car
C      D
Ran it down.
     G       D/F#    Em
Told those hobos my story
C          G
Over their stew
    G     D/F#      Em              C
And they passed the hat to get me
D          G    D/F#    Em    C    D
Closer to you.

Verse 4:
        G    D/F#      Em
Well, I hung out at the airfield
C             G
Stowed away unseen.
G        D/F#       Em
        Reached mid-flight and then I
C                 D
Walked out on the wing
        G  D/F#     Em
Told the pilot my story
        C                   G
And he handed me his ‘chute.
         G D/F#   Em          C
And the faster I fell got me
D         G    D/F#    Em    C    D
Closer to you.

Chorus 2:
        Cadd9           D
And I’d walk a million miles
       Em   D      Cadd9
Til I wore out my shoes
       G        D/F#      Em
Then I crawl on hands and knees
           C      D
Just to be. Just to be
            G    D/F#    Em    C    D  x2 (end with strum of G)
Closer to you