Closer And Closer Apart Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Tell me the [D] truth, _ [C] don't ask me [F] to lie _
_ _ These [D] are the things we [Bb] say
_ [F] _ _ _ You don't need proof, [D] and I'm not going to [F] _ try _ _
[C] Think we have [Dm] lost our [Bb] _
way
_ _ [C] Ah, you [F]
don't own the [D] sun, and I [C]
can't [F] raise the moon
So _ _ [Dm] now has the darkness [Bb] _ fallen
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Love's so [Em] [Dm] hard won, _ [F] and over _ too _ soon _ _
Another [D] cruel ending _ [Bb] _ _
come
_ _ _ _ All I [F] can do _ [Dm] is turn now [Bb] to [C] you
_ [Bb] _ _
Holding [F] my hand to [Am] my _ _ heart
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ All [C] that I [F] know is [Dm] I'm _ watching [Bb] us grow _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Closer [C] and [F] closer _ apart
_ [Bb] And [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
now all the [Dm] king's horses [G] and all the [F] king's men
_ _ Wait for [Dm] their _ clarion [Bb] _ call
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] Pride hears [Dm] its voices, _ [G] _ fear [F] wins again
And there's nothing [Dm] to break _ [Bb] her fall _ _ _
[F] _ All I can do is [Dm] _ turn [Am] now to you
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Holding my hand to [Am] my _ _ heart
_ [Bb] All that I [F] know is [Dm] I'm watching [Bb] us grow
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Closer [F] and _ closer _ apart
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Closer and [C] _ closer _ [F] _ _
apart
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Over [F] and _ over and over _ again
_ [Bb] The world [F] only spends _ [C] one
The _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
past [F] is a distant [Bb] _ looker by [Am] now
_ [Bb] And a lesson [Gm] for _ another [C] _ day
_ _ _ _ _ Now _ my _ [F] sad little [D] boat _ _ [Bb] floats on out to [F] sea
And _ _ [D] you're almost out [F] of sight _ _ _
_ I'll remember [Dm] you, _
[A] please don't [F] forget me
I _ whisper [D] with all [Bb] my _ _ might _ _ _
_ _ All I [F] can do is [Dm] _ turn [Bb] now to you
_ _ _ Holding my [F]
hand to [Am] my _ _ heart
_ _ _ _ [C] All that I [F] know _ is [Dm] I'm _ [C] watching us [Bb] grow _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ All I [F] can do _ [Dm] is turn back [Bb] to you
_ _ _ Wave [F] with one hand [Am] on my _ _ heart
_ _ _ _ [C] All that I [F]
know is [Dm] it's [C] so hard [Bb] to blow _ _ _ _ _ _
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