Closer Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays427

Closer by Pennywise is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
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16
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  			  Intro 1: 

  E||--0---------------|--3--------------|  
  B||--1-1-1-0-0-------|--3-3-3-1-1-0-0--|  
  G||--2---------2-2---|--0--------------|  
  D||--2---------------|--0--------------|  
  A||--0---------------|--2--------------|  
  E||------------------|--3--------------| 

  Intro 2: Am, C, G, C, G  3x --- F, C, G, C, G  1x 

Intro 1: for Verso 

No answers just questions / This life defies expression 
No freedom no Feelings / I'm just a human non being 

Bridge:   
   
Am, C, G, C, G            Am, C, G, C, G 
Nothing left to chance / Nothing left to try 
Am, C, G, C, G                    F 
Just when i get closer / Then it's my turn to die 
     G 
Just when you feel alive 

  

Am              F              C                G 
Just when i get closer / I can feel it slipping away 
Am                F                 C                    G 
Just when i feel better that's when everything starts to change 
Am           F               C                 G 
No chance to be no chance to see what's left to say? 
F                                  G               Am 
Just when i get closer that's when it all slips away 

Intro 2: Am, C, G, C, G  3x --- F, C, G, C, G  1x 

Intro 1: for Verso 

E||--0---------------|--3--------------|  
B||--1-1-1-0-0-------|--3-3-3-1-1-0-0--|  
G||--2---------2-2---|--0--------------|  
D||--2---------------|--0--------------|  
A||--0---------------|--2--------------|  
E||------------------|--3--------------| 

This problem i'm feeling / Logic defies all reason 
Can't stop it this pressure / Gets worse just when i feel better 

Bridge:   
   
Am, C, G, C, G            Am, C, G, C, G 
Nothing left to chance / Nothing left to try 
Am, C, G, C, G                    F 
Just when i get closer / Then it's my turn to die 
     G 
Just when you feel alive 

 

Am              F              C                G 
Just when i get closer / I can feel it slipping away 
Am                F                 C                    G 
Just when i feel better that's when everything starts to change 
Am           F               C                 G 
No chance to be no chance to see what's left to say? 
F                                  G              Am 
Just when i get closer that's when it all slips away 
  

Verso 2:  
F           Am                    C        
Just when i think that things can change 
F           Am                    C        
These answers drift and slip away 
F             Am          C                  G 
Just one more chance to release for one more day 
F               Am            C        
These questions drift and slip away 



Am              F              C                G 
Just when i get closer / I can feel it slipping away 
Am                F                 C                    G 
Just when i feel better that's when everything starts to change 
Am           F               C                 G 
No chance to be no chance to see what's left to say? 
F                                  G 
Just when i get closer that's when it all slips away 

Am           F               C                 G 
Just when I get closer that's when everything has to change  
Am           F               C                 G 
Just when i get closer that's when it all slips away 
Am           F               C                 G 
Just when I get closer that's when everything has to change  
Am           F               C                 G 
Just when i get closer that's when it all slips away 

Outro:  Am, C, G, C, G, Am 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante