Close To You

												
From: archer@u.washington.edu (Ted Whalen)

          (They Long To Be) Close to You
 
          Lyrics by Bal David
          Music by Burt Bacharach
 
A# = 3 0 1 x
A7 = 0 2 4 x
Am = 2 2 3 0
Dm = 2 0 0 1
D7 = x 0 3 2
 
Riff A:
 
|---------|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
|---------| A#              5 | A7    --0--3-| Am   --0--3-| Dm   |
|--0---3--|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
|---------|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
 Why  do    birds suddenly ap -  pear  ev ry   time you are  near?
 
Riff B:
 
  A#                  F
|----------    |--------------        |----------       |
|---------- A# |------------5- A#     |----------   F   |
|--0----3--    |--0----3------        |--0----3--       |
|----------    |--------------        |----------       |
  Just like me.. they long to  be....  close  to  you...
 
 
   A    Why do birds suddenly appear
        every time you are near?
   B    Just like me...
        they long to be...
        close to you...
 
   A    Why do stars fall down from the sky
        every time you walk by?
   B    Just like me...
        They long to be...
        Close to you...
 
 
Riff C:
 
|------------0--------------------|
|----------------3---0------------|
|--0--3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
 
        A#              A#
        On the day that you were born the
 
        A#            A#
        Angels got to-gether and de-
 
(reminder)
D7 = x 0 3 2
 
        Am             Am               (Am)  D7
        -cid-ed to cre-ate a dream come true
 
                A#         A#
        So they sprink-led moondust in your hair of
 
        A#                 A#
        gold and starlight in your eyes of
 
        C
        blue...
 
 
   A    That is why all the boys in town
        Follow you all around
   
   B    Just like me     
        They long to be   > repeat and fade
        Close to you...  /
   C           /