From: archer@u.washington.edu (Ted Whalen)

                   (They Long To Be) Close to You

                   Lyrics by Hal David
                   Music by Burt Bacharach

Bb = 3 0 1 x
A7 = 0 2 4 x
Am = 2 2 3 0
Dm = 2 0 0 1
D7 = x 0 3 2

Riff A:

|---------|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
|---------| Bb              5 | A7    --0--3-| Am   --0--3-| Dm   |
|--0---3--|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
|---------|                 - |       -------|      -------|      |
 Why  do    birds suddenly ap -  pear  ev ry   time you are  near?

Riff B:

  Bb                                    F
|----------    |--------------        |----------       |
|---------- Bb |------------5- Bb     |----------   F   |
|--0----3--    |--0----3------        |--0----3--       |
|----------    |--------------        |----------       |
  Just like me.. they long to  be....  close  to  you...


   A    Why do birds suddenly appear
        every time you are near?
   B    Just like me...
        they long to be...
        close to you...

   A    Why do stars fall down from the sky
        every time you walk by?
   B    Just like me...
        They long to be...
        Close to you...


Riff C:

|------------0--------------------|
|----------------3---0------------|
|--0--3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

        Bb              Bb
        On the day that you were born the

        Bb            Bb
        Angels got to-gether and de-

(reminder)
D7 = x 0 3 2

        Am             Am               (Am)  D7
        -cid-ed to cre-ate a dream come true

                Bb                  Bb
        So they sprink-led moondust in your hair of

        Bb                 Bb
        gold and starlight in your eyes of

        C
        blue...


   A    That is why all the boys in town
        Follow you all around

   B    Just like me
        They long to be   > repeat and fade
        Close to you...  /
   C                    /