That Close To You Chords
by John Prine
That Close To You by John Prine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, G, F#m and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
A
D E A
D E A
D E A
D G A
Verse
D E
Like a bolt of lightning
A
Like a bolt of thunder
D E
Like a cloudy day
A
Down at the zoo
D E
Like a drowning man
A
That will never go under
D G
That close to you, yeah,
D
that close to you
Bridge
F#m
In the middle of the night
G
You'd ask me to make you smile
D
You'd come on like a one-armed child
A A7
With a hole in its shoe, poor you
F#m
Everybody oughta know
G
It only hurts ya for a little while
D
So stop putting yourself on trial
A
For something you didn't do
A7
Not you, to me, can't we be just like
D E A
Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow
D E A
Can I find a little something with a nicer view
D E A
I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow
D
Just to be that close to you
G D
Yeah, that close to you
Bridge
F#m
In the middle of the night
G
You'd ask me to make you smile
D
You'd come on like a one-armed child
A A7
With a hole in its shoe, poor you
F#m
Everybody oughta know
G
It only hurts ya for a little while
D
So stop putting yourself on trial
A
For something you didn't do
A7
Not you, to me, can't we be just like
D E A
Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow
D E A
Can I find a little something with a nicer view
D E A
I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow
D
Just to be that close to you
G D
Yeah, that close to you
G D
Oh, that close to you
G D
Yeah, that close to you
outro
A D