Just To Be Close To You Chords by Commodores

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_ _ _ _ Just to [C] be close [G] to you, [Am] girl.
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Just for a moment, [G] well, just [F] for an hour. _ _
[G] Just [C] to be close [G] to you, [A] _ _ [G] girl. _
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[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] You know, I've been through so many changes [Am] in my [C] life, girl.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F] Oh, I've been up real high where [G] I thought
[C] I didn't need anybody.
_ [G] _ And [F] then [Am] again, I've been down [G] real low where [C] there was no [F] one
in my life that needed [Em] me.
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_ _ _ [C] Oh, and I found that _ [Em] [G] material things I [Am]
thought
had so [G] much value.
_ Oh, [F] girl, _ [Em] didn't really have any value at [F] all.
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[C] Then I was a lonely [Em] man, [G] _ _
[Am] a man with [G] no direction,
with no [F] purpose, [Em] with no one to love,
and no one to love [F] me for me.
_ [G] Oh, [C] girl, then you came into [G] my life.
You made [C] my jagged edges smooth.
You [G] _
made my direction [F] so clear.
And [Em] you, oh, woman, you became my [F] purpose,
my reason for living, girl.
You see, [C] you're my heart, you're my [G] soul,
you're my strong [Am] _ inspiration, [G] _
baby.
[F] That's why I'm standing here [Em]
singing and opening
my arms [Dm] to you.
I want [F] to say, child, why [Am] don't you [C] take my [F] hand?
[Em] Oh, we'll live in [F] love forever, [G] [C] yeah. _ _
[F] _ Oh, [G] we'll be alone, [F] you and [G] me, [C] yeah.
[Em] _ _
[F] _ _ Girl, [G] we'll [F] live our lives together, yeah, together.
_ Together, yeah.
Oh, oh, yeah.
_ [G] Together.
Just to [C] be [G] close to you, [Am] _ girl.
[G] _ _ _ [F] Just for the moment, baby.
[Em] _ Just [F] for an hour.
_ _ [G] Just [C] to be _ [G] close to you, [Am] girl.
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_ [Em] _ Ooh, [F] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C] _ _
_ [G] _ I've been out [Am] there searching [G] so [F] very long, [C] baby. _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] Searching to find [F] somebody just like [C] you. _
_ [G] _ And for some [Am] folks, [G] it takes a [F] lifetime [C] to the,
_ [G] to [Am] find in this [Em] world [F] a dream come true.
[C] Why don't [Em] you take my [F] _ hand?
Oh, [Em]
we'll [Dm] live in love forever, [C] yeah.
[Em] _ [F] _ Girl, [Em] we'll be alone, [F] you and [G] _ [C] me.
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em]
We'll spend [F] our lives together, yeah.
_ Together.
Oh, oh, together.
[G] _ Just [C] to be close [G] to you, [Am] girl.
_ [G] _ _ [F] Just for the moment.
Oh, [Em] just for the moment.
Ah, [Dm] just for the hour.
_ [G] Just [C] to be close [G] to you, [Am] _
girl.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] To make love, _ [Am] to [G] be [F] loved by you, baby.
_ [C] _ _
[G] To have your, _ [Am] _
to _ whisper [C] _ _
_ [G] _ words [Am] that
make you [G] feel [F] like a woman.
[C] _ _
[G] Girl, I know _ [Am] we'll stand the test of time.
[G] [C] Just to be [G] close to you, [Am] _
girl.
[G] _ _ [F] For the moment, baby.
[Em] For the moment, baby.
[Dm] For the moment, baby.
For the sugar, [C] sugar.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
_ _ [Am] Ooh, ooh. [G] Yeah, yeah.
[F] Yeah, yeah.
[Em] Yeah, yeah.
[F] Yeah, _ _ [G] yeah, [C] yeah. _
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[G] Hey, girl, I want to [C] say.
Closer and closer, [G] girl.
Please hold me closer.
[Am] My arms are still burning.
[G] Girl, you got me yearning.
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