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Closer To The Stars by Soul Asylum

(originally on While You Were Out;
 acoustic version taken from
 the black Black Gold single)

   Bm A  E  G  D  CG A* DC DG
e -2--0--0--3--2--3--2--3--3------
B -3--2--0--3--3--3--2--1--3------
G -4--2--1--0--2--0--2--2--2------
D -4--2--2--0--0--2--4--0--0------
A -2--0--2--1--x--3--x--x--x------
E -x--x--0--2--x--x--x--x--x------

Bm	A	E

Bm                     A
  Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole

E                                    G
  Is there somebody that you want to talk to

D                          CG
  You know that pretty soon, you'll be able to fly

G
  How is this going to affect you

                        D
  Do you think it might wreck you

                     A*
  Your friends might reject you

                          DC
  You say you took it too far

         G
  Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be...

DG D G
DG D

B                              A
  Put down glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen

E                                    G
  We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine

D                               CG
  And one day she just walked into that magazine

G
  I wonder if she'll ever come back

                    D
  They all said she would crack

                         A*
  They said her mind was one-track

                            DC
  They said she took it too far

           G
  Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be...

DG D G
DG D (... solo ...)


Bm                         A
  Every time you move your lips

E                             G
  Well, let me give you a few tips

D                        CG
  Yesterday you were too young

G
  Tomorrow you will be too old

  To regret all the things you've done

                    D
  Who you trying to hustle

                             A*
  Somebody want to show your muscle

              DC                     G
  Second hand excuses never went too far

                           D
  What's this scene you're making

                       A*
  Your ideas have been taken

                      DC
  We'll seek when you awaken

                     G
  Alone in someone's car

                       D
  You just stood there shaking

                  A*
  You stood there shaking

                     DC
  They said you were faking

           G
  Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

DG D G

  DG     D      Bm
  Closer to the stars.



[ tab by Erick Rudiak / erude@ambient.acns.nwu.edu ]