Chords for Jimmy Scott & Joe Pesci Duett "THE NEARNESS OF YOU" from the record "I GO BACK HOME"

_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ It's not the pale moon [Ebm] _ _ that [Fm] _ [D] excites me, [Db] _ _ _ _
[Fm] that _ thrills _ _ _
[G] and [F] _ [C] delights me. _
[Eb] _ Oh [Bbm] no, _ _ [Db] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] it's just [B] the nearness of [E] you.
_ [B] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Fm] It isn't your sweet [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bbm]
conversation _ [Bb] that [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ brings _ this sensation.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ Oh no, [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
it's just [Eb] the nearness [Ab] _ of [A] you.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ When [Db] you're in my arms _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Eb] and I [Ab] feel you so [Ebm] close to [Ab] me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] All my _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Db] wish, [C] _ _ dreams [B] _ _ [C] come [Bb] _ _ true _ somehow _ [Db] _ _ to [Eb] you.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ I need [Fm] no soft [Ebm] lights _ _ [Gb] to enchant me.
[F] _ _ [Ab] If you'd only, [D] if you'd only grant me
_ _ [Cm] the right _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ to [Eb] hold you _ _ [C] _ so tight.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [F]
And to feel [Bbm] in the [Db] night _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
the nearness [Ab] _ _ of [Fm] you.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Fm] It's not the pale [Bbm] moon that [Gbm] _
excites me.
There [Fm] were always a bunch of musicians [Ab] and singers late at night.
After work we would hang [Db] out in restaurants and everything.
And then somebody said that there was this singer
down on Broadway at the Broadway Lounge called Little Jimmy Scott.
So a lot of musicians [Cm] start going down there to hear him.
And I went down one night and [Eb] I remember the first time I heard him I [B] was just floored.
[Eb] Let's run it from the [Abm] beginning.
Let Jimmy sing it once through and then when it [Db] swings I sing.
[E] I [Eb] became an instant fan and [G] I got all of his records.
And [Eb] _ I got to meet him and talk [Fm] to him and he was so open and friendly.
And in those days you know it was a tough thing with blacks and whites in Newark, New Jersey.
[F] And I used to go all over with Jimmy.
He took me anywhere he sang.
That's [Eb] my old buddy.
He's your old buddy?
[E] Oh, we [Bb] used to run the [Db] streets together.
I [Eb] started to find out why he sings this way, [Ab] you know.
What makes [Bb] him special [Bbm] is knowing so much about life [Fm] and hurt.
[Db] When you're in my arms and [Ab] I feared you so.
[Eb] You go hear Jimmy Scott sing it's an experience.
It's a serious spiritual [Gb] experience seeing Jimmy in person.
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