Closer Chords
Closer by The Chainsmokers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C D Em D (2x)
Verse
C D Em
Hey, I was doing just fine just before I met you
D C D Em D
I drank too much and that's an issue but I'm okay
C D Em
Hey, you tell your friends it was nice to meet them
D C D Em D
But I hope I never see them again
Pre-Chorus
C D
I know it breaks your heart
Em D C
Moved to the city in a broke down car and
D
Four years, no calls
Em D
Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar and
C D Em D
I can't stop
C D Em D
No, I can't stop
C D Em D
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
C D
That I know you can't afford
Em D
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
C D
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em D
Of the mattress that you stole
C D
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
Verse
C D Em
You, look as good as the day I met you
D C D Em D
I forget just why I left you, I was insane
C D Em
Stay, and play that Blink-182 song
D C D Em D
That we beat to death in Tuscon, okay
Pre-Chorus
C D
I know it breaks your heart
Em D C
Moved to the city in a broke down car and
D
Four years, no calls
Em D
Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar and
C D Em D
I can't stop
C D Em D
No, I can't stop
C D Em D
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
C D
That I know you can't afford
Em D
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
C D
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em D
Of the mattress that you stole
C D
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
C D
That I know you can't afford
Em D
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
C D
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em D
Of the mattress that you stole
C D
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em D
We ain't ever getting older
Em D
No we ain't ever getting older
Outro
C D Em D C D Em D