Chords for Ben E. King - Halfway To Paradise

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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ I want to be your lover, _ _ _ _ but your friend _ is on [B] stay.
_ _ _ _ I'm only [E] half way to _ _
[G#m] _ [A] _ paradise. _ _ _
So [E] near, _ [B] yet so far [E] away.
_ _ I _ long for your lips, _ _ _ too is my lips. _ _ _
But just when I think [B] they may, _ _ _ _ you lead [E] me half way _ to _ _
_ [A] _ paradise. _ _ _
So [E] near, _ _ [B] yet so far [E] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Being close to you is [E] almost heaven, _ _ _ _ [B] but seeing you can do oh _ [E] so much. _ _ _
[B] It hurts me so to know your heart's a [E] treasure. _ _ _ _ _
And that [C#m] my _ heart [F#] is forbidden [A] to _ _ [B] touch.
_ [A]
But your [E] sweet lips, _ _ next to my lips. _ _
Tell me _ this _ _ will [B] stay.
I'm _ _ _ only [E] half way _ to _
_ [A] _ _ paradise. _ _
So [E] near, _ yet [B] so far [E] away. _ _ _ _ _
So near, _ yet [B] so far [C#m] away.
_ _ _ [F#] So _ [E] near, _ yet [B] so far [E] away. _ _ _ _ _ _
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