Song:- Closer
Key:- C#
Capo on 1st Fret
Chords:- Cadd9, D, Em7
Strumming pattern:- D UmD DDD / D UmD DD
Tempo:- 190 bpm
(↓:- indicates number of down stroke/s)
Intro:-
(Cadd9↓ – D↓ – Em7↓ – D↓) ..x2
Verse 1:-
Cadd9½ D½
Hey, ………….
Em7½
I was doing just fine just before I
D½
met ……you
Cadd9½
I drank too much
D½
and that’s an issue but I’m okay
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
Hey……………., you tell your
Em7½ D½
friends it was nice to meet them
Cadd9½ D½
But I hope I never see them again
Em7½ D½
Pre-Chorus:-
Cadd9½
………….I know it
D½
breaks your heart
Em7½
Moved to the city in a
D½
broke down car and
Cadd9½ D½
……..Four years, no calls
Em7½
Now you’re looking pretty in
D½
a hotel bar and
Cadd9½ D½
……..I…….. can’t stop
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
No, ……..I…….. can’t stop
Em7½ D½
Chorus:-
Cadd9↓ D↓
So baby pull me closer
Em7↓ D↓
in the backseat of your Rover
Cadd9↓ D↓
That I know you can’t afford
Em7↓ D↓
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Cadd9↓ D↓
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em7↓ D↓
Of the mattress that you stole
Cadd9↓ D↓
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em7↓ D↓
We ain’t never getting older
Melody:-
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Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½
Verse 2:-
Cadd9½ D½
You…………….,
Em7½
look as good as the day
D½
I met you
Cadd9½ D½
I forget just why I left you,
Em7½ D½
I was insane
Cadd9½ D½
Stay…………….,
Em7½ D½
and play that Blink-182 song
Cadd9½
That we beat to death in
D½
Tucson, okay
Em7½ D½
Pre-Chorus:-
Cadd9½
………….I know it
D½
breaks your heart
Em7½
Moved to the city in a
D½
broke down car and
Cadd9½
…………..Four years,
D½
no calls
Em7½
Now you’re looking pretty
D½
in a hotel bar and
Cadd9½ D½
……..I…….. can’t stop
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
No, ……..I…….. can’t stop
Em7½ D½
Chorus:-
Cadd9↓ D↓
So baby pull me closer in the
Em7↓ D↓
backseat of your Rover
Cadd9↓ D↓
That I know you can’t afford
Em7↓ D↓
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Cadd9↓ D↓
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em7↓ D↓
Of the mattress that you stole
Cadd9↓ D↓
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em7↓ D↓
We ain’t never getting older
Melody:-
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B—11-13-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11–
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B—11-9-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11–
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Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½
Chorus:-
Cadd9↓ D↓
So baby pull me closer in the
Em7↓ D↓
backseat of your Rover
Cadd9↓ D↓
That I know you can’t afford
Em7↓ D↓
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Cadd9↓ D↓
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em7↓ D↓
Of the mattress that you stole
Cadd9↓ D↓
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em7↓ D↓
We ain’t never getting older
Em7↓ D↓
[We ain’t never getting older
Em7↓ D↓
No we ain’t ever getting older] ….x4
Outro:-
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Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½ Em7½ D½
Cadd9½ D½
………..We ain’t ever getting older
Em7½ D½