Chords for The Carpenters Close To You 1970)

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_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] Why do [C] birds suddenly [B] _ appear [Bm] Every time you [Em] are near? _
Just like [D] me, [C] they long to [G] be close to [D] you.
_ _ Why [D] do stars fall down [B] from the sky [Bm] Every time you [Em] walk by? _
Just like [G] me, [C] they [G] long to be [D] close to you.
[Dm] _ _ On [C] the [Am] day that you were born, the angels got together
[Bm] And decided [D] to create a [E] dream come true.
[Em] Soon they sprinkled [C] moon dust in your hair,
And golden [Am] starlight in your [D] eyes.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ That [D] is why all the [B] birds could sound
[Bm] Follow you _ [E] around.
[Em] _ _
Just like me, [C] they long to be [G] close to [D] you.
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[Db] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] On the day that you were born, the angels [Bbm] got together
[Eb] And decided to create a [F] dream come true.
Soon [Db] they sprinkled moon dust in your hair,
And golden starlight in your [Eb] eyes.
That _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] is why all the [C] birds could sound _
[Cm] Follow [Gm] you [Fm] around. _ _
[Db] Just like [Eb] me, [Db] they long [Eb] to be [Ab] close to [Eb] you.
[Ab] _ _ _
[Db] Just like [Ab] me, [Db] they long to be [Bb] close to [Ab] you. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Close _ _
_ _ [Ab] to you.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] Close to you. _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] Close to you.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] Close _
_ _ [Eb] to you.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _