Too Close Chords by Al Green
Tempo:
109.2 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] I'm too close [F#]
[C#] to heaven, [F#]
[C#] I can [C#m] almost see my [C#] journey's end.
[E] [F#] [E] Oh, [F#] I'm too close to shaking hands with all my, my, my, my, my, my friends.
[B] You know I'm [C#m] too [F#]
[C#] close.
[G#] Oh, [C#] I [G#]
[D#] [F#] can't
[C#] [G] turn,
[G#m] [A#] oh, [F#] I [C#m] can't turn.
One more thing I'd [C#] like to say this year.
[F#] One [G] more thing I'd like to [G#] say this year.
One more thing I'd like to say this year.
[C#] I'm too close.
Oh, I'm [C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[F#] too close.
I've got to make it there, but somehow, I don't know, I don't know.
[C#m] [F#] I'm too close [C#m] [A#m]
[G#] [A#] [C#m] to heaven.
[G#] [G] [C#m]
[C#]
[E] Oh, [D#m] [C#m] [F#]
[C#] [D#]
[C#m] [B] [C#m] I can't [F#] turn.
[C#] Too many, too many days and nights.
Oh, [F#] I can't, I just can't turn around.
[C#] Too many troubles I had to fight.
[C#] Oh, I [F#] can't, no, no, [C#]
[F#] [C#] [B] [A#m] [F#] I can't.
And sometimes I have to stop and [C#] say, I
[F#] just can't turn, turn, [C#] turn around.
I can't turn, [F#] I can't, no, no, no, [C#m] I [F#] [C#m]
can't.
Thank you Lord.
[C#] Yeah, [F#]
[C#] yeah.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
Can't turn around.
[B] None but the [E] righteous, [B]
none [E] [F#] but the righteous, [C#m] [F#]
[B] none [D#m] but [E] the [D#m] righteous [C#m]
[F#] [B] see God.
[E] Yeah, [B] yeah.
[F#] Take me [B] to the water, [E] [G#m] [B]
come on and take [F#] me to the [B] water, [F#]
[B] come on and [F#] take me [E] to the water,
[D#m] [C#m]
[F#] to be [B] baptized, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, [F#] for [B] the reason, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, [E] oh yeah, oh yeah,
I [B] think about it, [E] how wonderful and [B] how [E] good you [B] came to be, Lord, [E]
[B] I dream about it, think
about [E] it, yeah, [B]
yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, I [B]
walk sometime in the path of [E] trouble, I can
[B]
[E]
[C] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[F#]
[C#m]
[D#m] sweetly [B] feel you [D#m] again, [E]
[D#m] [C#m]
[F#] oh [B] yeah, [E] you say it, heart to [B] heart, I think [F#] I don't wanna see
no [B]
tears, never, never, never, [F#] never be goodbye, [B]
oh yeah, I know I've got [E] [B]
[G#m] freedom, [B]
[E] [B]
[F#] [B] I feel like
[E] [B] Everywhere I go, I butter up.
[E] [B] [G#m] Oh, I say, [F#m] my [C#m] butter [B] up.
[E] [B]
See [F#] that she [B] loves
[E] me.
[B] Makes me stop and want more.
[E]
[B]
[C#] to heaven, [F#]
[C#] I can [C#m] almost see my [C#] journey's end.
[E] [F#] [E] Oh, [F#] I'm too close to shaking hands with all my, my, my, my, my, my friends.
[B] You know I'm [C#m] too [F#]
[C#] close.
[G#] Oh, [C#] I [G#]
[D#] [F#] can't
[C#] [G] turn,
[G#m] [A#] oh, [F#] I [C#m] can't turn.
One more thing I'd [C#] like to say this year.
[F#] One [G] more thing I'd like to [G#] say this year.
One more thing I'd like to say this year.
[C#] I'm too close.
Oh, I'm [C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[F#] too close.
I've got to make it there, but somehow, I don't know, I don't know.
[C#m] [F#] I'm too close [C#m] [A#m]
[G#] [A#] [C#m] to heaven.
[G#] [G] [C#m]
[C#]
[E] Oh, [D#m] [C#m] [F#]
[C#] [D#]
[C#m] [B] [C#m] I can't [F#] turn.
[C#] Too many, too many days and nights.
Oh, [F#] I can't, I just can't turn around.
[C#] Too many troubles I had to fight.
[C#] Oh, I [F#] can't, no, no, [C#]
[F#] [C#] [B] [A#m] [F#] I can't.
And sometimes I have to stop and [C#] say, I
[F#] just can't turn, turn, [C#] turn around.
I can't turn, [F#] I can't, no, no, no, [C#m] I [F#] [C#m]
can't.
Thank you Lord.
[C#] Yeah, [F#]
[C#] yeah.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
Can't turn around.
[B] None but the [E] righteous, [B]
none [E] [F#] but the righteous, [C#m] [F#]
[B] none [D#m] but [E] the [D#m] righteous [C#m]
[F#] [B] see God.
[E] Yeah, [B] yeah.
[F#] Take me [B] to the water, [E] [G#m] [B]
come on and take [F#] me to the [B] water, [F#]
[B] come on and [F#] take me [E] to the water,
[D#m] [C#m]
[F#] to be [B] baptized, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, [F#] for [B] the reason, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, [E] oh yeah, oh yeah,
I [B] think about it, [E] how wonderful and [B] how [E] good you [B] came to be, Lord, [E]
[B] I dream about it, think
about [E] it, yeah, [B]
yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, I [B]
walk sometime in the path of [E] trouble, I can
[B]
[E]
[C] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[F#]
[C#m]
[D#m] sweetly [B] feel you [D#m] again, [E]
[D#m] [C#m]
[F#] oh [B] yeah, [E] you say it, heart to [B] heart, I think [F#] I don't wanna see
no [B]
tears, never, never, never, [F#] never be goodbye, [B]
oh yeah, I know I've got [E] [B]
[G#m] freedom, [B]
[E] [B]
[F#] [B] I feel like
[E] [B] Everywhere I go, I butter up.
[E] [B] [G#m] Oh, I say, [F#m] my [C#m] butter [B] up.
[E] [B]
See [F#] that she [B] loves
[E] me.
[B] Makes me stop and want more.
[E]
[B]
Key:
B
F#
E
C#
C#m
B
F#
E
_ _ _ [C#] I'm too close _ _ _ [F#]
[C#] to heaven, _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ I can [C#m] almost see my [C#] journey's end. _
[E] _ _ [F#] [E] Oh, [F#] I'm too close to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ shaking hands with all my, my, my, my, my, my friends. _
_ _ [B] You know I'm [C#m] too _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] close.
_ _ [G#] Oh, [C#] I _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [D#] _ [F#] can't _ _
_ _ _ [C#] [G] turn, _
_ [G#m] _ [A#] oh, [F#] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] can't turn.
One more thing I'd [C#] like to say this year.
[F#] One [G] more thing I'd like to [G#] say this year.
One more thing I'd like to say this year. _
_ _ [C#] I'm too close.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ I'm [C#m] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] too close.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've _ _ _ _ got to make it there, but somehow, I don't know, I don't know. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] I'm too close _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _
[G#] _ _ [A#] _ [C#m] to heaven.
_ [G#] _ _ [G] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] Oh, [D#m] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] I _ can't [F#] _ _ turn.
[C#] Too many, too many days and nights.
Oh, [F#] I can't, I just can't turn around.
_ [C#] Too many troubles I had to fight.
[C#] Oh, I [F#] can't, no, no, _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [A#m] [F#] I _ can't.
And sometimes I have to stop and [C#] say, _ I _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ just can't turn, turn, [C#] turn around.
I _ _ can't turn, [F#] I can't, _ no, no, no, [C#m] I _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ can't.
Thank you Lord. _
[C#] _ _ Yeah, _ [F#] _
_ [C#] yeah.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
_ Can't turn around.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ None _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ but the _ [E] righteous, _ _ [B] _ _
none [E] [F#] but the _ righteous, [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] none [D#m] but [E] the _ [D#m] righteous _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] see _ God.
[E] Yeah, _ [B] yeah. _
_ [F#] Take me [B] to the water, [E] _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ come on and take [F#] me to the [B] water, _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] come on and [F#] take me [E] to the water,
[D#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] to be [B] baptized, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, _ [F#] for _ [B] the reason, _ _ _ _ [E] oh yeah, _ oh [B] yeah, _ _ _ [E] oh yeah, oh _ yeah,
I [B] think about it, _ _ [E] how wonderful _ and [B] how _ _ _ _ [E] good _ _ _ you [B] came to be, _ Lord, [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] I dream about it, think
about [E] it, yeah, _ _ _ [B] _
yeah, _ yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, I _ _ _ [B] _
walk sometime in the path of [E] trouble, _ _ I can
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[D#m] sweetly [B] feel you [D#m] again, _ [E] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ oh [B] yeah, [E] you say it, heart to [B] heart, I think [F#] I don't wanna see
no _ [B] _
tears, never, _ _ never, never, [F#] never be goodbye, _ [B] _
oh yeah, _ _ _ _ _ I know I've got _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] freedom, _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] I feel like
[E] _ _ [B] Everywhere I go, I _ butter up.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] [G#m] Oh, I say, [F#m] my [C#m] butter [B] up.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
See [F#] that she [B] loves _ _
_ [E] me.
[B] Makes me stop and want more. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] to heaven, _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ I can [C#m] almost see my [C#] journey's end. _
[E] _ _ [F#] [E] Oh, [F#] I'm too close to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ shaking hands with all my, my, my, my, my, my friends. _
_ _ [B] You know I'm [C#m] too _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] close.
_ _ [G#] Oh, [C#] I _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [D#] _ [F#] can't _ _
_ _ _ [C#] [G] turn, _
_ [G#m] _ [A#] oh, [F#] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] can't turn.
One more thing I'd [C#] like to say this year.
[F#] One [G] more thing I'd like to [G#] say this year.
One more thing I'd like to say this year. _
_ _ [C#] I'm too close.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ I'm [C#m] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] too close.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've _ _ _ _ got to make it there, but somehow, I don't know, I don't know. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] I'm too close _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _
[G#] _ _ [A#] _ [C#m] to heaven.
_ [G#] _ _ [G] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] Oh, [D#m] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] I _ can't [F#] _ _ turn.
[C#] Too many, too many days and nights.
Oh, [F#] I can't, I just can't turn around.
_ [C#] Too many troubles I had to fight.
[C#] Oh, I [F#] can't, no, no, _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [A#m] [F#] I _ can't.
And sometimes I have to stop and [C#] say, _ I _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ just can't turn, turn, [C#] turn around.
I _ _ can't turn, [F#] I can't, _ no, no, no, [C#m] I _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ can't.
Thank you Lord. _
[C#] _ _ Yeah, _ [F#] _
_ [C#] yeah.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus.
_ Can't turn around.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ None _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ but the _ [E] righteous, _ _ [B] _ _
none [E] [F#] but the _ righteous, [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] none [D#m] but [E] the _ [D#m] righteous _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] see _ God.
[E] Yeah, _ [B] yeah. _
_ [F#] Take me [B] to the water, [E] _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ come on and take [F#] me to the [B] water, _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] come on and [F#] take me [E] to the water,
[D#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] to be [B] baptized, [E] oh yeah, oh [B] yeah, _ [F#] for _ [B] the reason, _ _ _ _ [E] oh yeah, _ oh [B] yeah, _ _ _ [E] oh yeah, oh _ yeah,
I [B] think about it, _ _ [E] how wonderful _ and [B] how _ _ _ _ [E] good _ _ _ you [B] came to be, _ Lord, [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] I dream about it, think
about [E] it, yeah, _ _ _ [B] _
yeah, _ yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, I _ _ _ [B] _
walk sometime in the path of [E] trouble, _ _ I can
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[D#m] sweetly [B] feel you [D#m] again, _ [E] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ oh [B] yeah, [E] you say it, heart to [B] heart, I think [F#] I don't wanna see
no _ [B] _
tears, never, _ _ never, never, [F#] never be goodbye, _ [B] _
oh yeah, _ _ _ _ _ I know I've got _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] freedom, _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] I feel like
[E] _ _ [B] Everywhere I go, I _ butter up.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] [G#m] Oh, I say, [F#m] my [C#m] butter [B] up.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
See [F#] that she [B] loves _ _
_ [E] me.
[B] Makes me stop and want more. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _