From: [email protected] (Ted Whalen)

                   (They Long To Be) Close to You
 
                   Lyrics by Hal David
                   Music by Burt Bacharach
 
Bb = 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:
 
|—————————|                 — |       ———————|      ———————|      |
|—————————| Bb              5 | A7    ——0——3—| Am   ——0——3—| Dm   |
|——0———3——|                 — |       ———————|      ———————|      |
|—————————|                 — |       ———————|      ———————|      |
 Why  do    birds suddenly ap —  pear  ev ry   time you are  near?
 
Riff B:
 
  Bb                                    F
|——————————    |——————————————        |——————————       |
|—————————— Bb |————————————5— Bb     |——————————   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———————————————————————————|
|—————————————————————————————————|
 
        Bb              Bb
        On the day that you were born the
 
        Bb            Bb
        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
 
                Bb                  Bb
        So they sprink—led moondust in your hair of
 
        Bb                 Bb
        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                    /