Chords for Gerald Levert featuring Tamia "They Long To Be Close To You"

_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ Who, [D] who, [Ab] who, who, [Dm] _ _ [F] yeah, yeah, yeah
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Cm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Why do _ birds [D] suddenly appear
[G] _
[Bb] Every time _ [Cm] you are near
[Eb] _ Just like me
[Ab] They long to be [Eb] close to you _ _ _
Why do stars fall [G] down from the sky
[Gm] Every time [C] you [Cm] walk by _
[Ab] Just like me
[Db] They long to [Bb] be close to you
[Eb] _ _
[Ab] On the [Eb] day that you were born
[Cm] The angels got together
[Gm] And decided to create a dream come true
Yes, they did
[Ab] So they put foam dust in your [Fm] hair
Starlight in your eyes
[F] Like they do
[Bb] Like they do _
[Eb] That is why all the [G] guys in town
[Gm] Follow you [C] all [Cm] _ around
[Eb] Just, [Ab] just, just, just like me
[Db] They long, they [Abm] long to be
[Eb] Close to you, baby
Oh baby
If [Ab] only for a minute
I'd [Bb] settle for an hour
[Cm]
And if you could stay just for [Eb] one day
That would make me [Bb] so
Happy, happy, [Eb] baby
[Ab] See, it won't hurt to give a love a [Bb] try
No, don't you pass me [Cm] by
Cause I'm that kind of [Eb] guy who's
Gonna love and treat you [Bb] like a queen
[Dm] _
_ _ [Ab] That is why
_ _ [G] _
They don't mean nothing, [C] baby
Follow you [G] _ [Cm] all around
[Eb] Yeah, that's why you, [Ab] girl
Just like [Fm] me
They long to [Eb] be
Close to you
I can feel it whenever we [Ab] touch
And whenever we talk
And whenever we walk Together
[Db] All the [Bb] time Together
[Eb] Close to you
_ [Gm] I wanna be, I wanna be Woo [F]-hoo
_ Come a little [Bb] closer, babe
Come a little [Cm] closer, babe
Put your head up on my shoulder, babe
On my shoulder, [Eb] babe
Boy, you know I [Gm] can't deny it
You know I can't deny it
You're not [Eb] gonna set my soul on fire
I want [Ab] to be closer to [Bb] you, baby
Oh, [Cm] I can't believe it
I can't believe it, square
Hugging and kissing and squeezing
[Gm] And tethering
I am [Dm] the one to get close to you
_ _ _ _ [N] _