{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1820959,"song":"Getting Closer","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1820959-getting-closer-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1820959?type=chord","rating":4.44401,"votes":6,"content":"[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI went searching for the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut in my innocence I found[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the con men and their acrobats[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho stomped me in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I count up their percentages[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know they're getting rich[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they haven't taken everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThose paybacks are a bitch[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough I've lost quite a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am still in control[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey can keep what they've got[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut they can't have my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if I don't have this all worked out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nStill I'm getting closer, getting closer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI still have far to go no doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'm getting closer, getting closer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat was ripped off by professionals[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs not all that it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile I must live up to contracts[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI did not give up my dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I see it as experience[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt hasn't gone to waste[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLately all the missing pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHave been falling into place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if I could go back and start over somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nI would not change that much[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKnowing what I know now[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThought there have been sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI will regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill I'm getting closer, getting closer[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI don't have all the answers yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'm getting closer, getting closer[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO:\r\nG F A G (A could be Dm) (X4)\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] (X4)\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm a mark for every shyster[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom Topanga to Berlin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I should have learned to kick them out[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs soon as they crawled in[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo to every bank in Switzerland[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat stores my stolen youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm alright because despite the laws[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou cannot hide the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 \r\nAnd although you will say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am still too naive[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nWell I have not lost faith[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the things I believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if I don't have a this all worked out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill I'm getting closer, getting closer[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI still have far to go no doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nBut I'm still getting closer, getting closer[/tab]","plain_text":"SOLO:\nG F A G (A could be Dm) (X4)\nA G Em A 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