The Closer You Are Cifras

The Closer You Are: The Channels
Great Doo-Wop..regional hit New York City area
on BLAST Records in 1956
 
#1.
B  Gbm  A                  E             A
The.....closer you are the brighter, the stars 
            D   E        A         Bm
in the sky, and darling, I realize you're 
    E         A    E
the one in my life for...
 
#2.
   A             Bm         E    A
My heart skips a beat every time you and I meet, 
D           E
my life, my love, my dear.
A              Bm            E          A
I can't defeat that yearning deep in my heart 
   D         A
to have only you.
 
CHORUS:
             D                       A
When I first saw you (bom-bom) I did adore you (bom)
    Bm               Em7 A
any others (bom-bom) be--ware..(bom)
             D                              A
And then you went away (bom) but now you're back to 
(boom-boom-boom-boom-bom)
            Bm                                      E
stay and my love (bom) for you grows stronger every day.
(Yeah-yeah-weee-oooo-weeee-oooo-weeee-oooo)
 
#3.
     A         Gbm  Bm     E             A
The closer you are.....the brighter, the flames in my 
       D   E        A           Gbm   Bm
heart, and darling, we'll never part......we'll always 
E     A        D   A   A7
be in love-ooo-ooo-ove.
(Weee-doooo-weeee-dooo-eeee-aaaahhhh.)
 
CHORUS:
             D                       A
When I first saw you (bom-bom) I did adore you (bom)
    Bm               Em7 A
any others (bom-bom) be--ware..(bom)
             D                              A
And then you went away (bom) but now you're back to 
(boom-boom-boom-boom-bom)
            Bm                                      E
stay and my love (bom) for you grows stronger every day.
(Yeah-yeah-weee-oooo-weeee-oooo-weeee-oooo)
 
#4.
     A         Gbm  Bm     E             A
The closer you are.....the brighter, the flames in my 
       D   E        A           Gbm   Bm
heart, and darling, we'll never part......we'll always 
E     A        D   A
be in love-ooo-ooo-ove.
(Weee-doooo-weeee-dooo-eeee-aaaahhhh.)
 
OUTRO:
A              E        A
Whoa, in love, whoa, in love..
(whoa-doh-doh-doh-doh-weeeee-oooooo)(Fade.)
 
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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