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Halfway To Paradise:Tony Orlando
#39 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1961.
INTRO:  E   B  E  
#1.
EI want to Abe your Elover,
but your friend is all I've Bstayed.
I'm only EhalfE7way to Aparadise.
So Enear, yet Bso far, aEway.
#2.
I long for Eyour lips Ato kiss Emy lips,
but just when I think they Bmay,
you lead me EhalfE7way to Aparadise,
so Enear, yet Bso far aEway..mmm..
CHORUS:
BBeing close to you is almost Eheaven.
But Bseeing you can do just so Emuch.
It Bhurts me so to know your heart's a Etreasure..
and that Bbmmy heart is forGbbidden to Btou...B7ch, so...
#3.
Put your Esweet lips Aclose to Emy lips,
and tell me that's where they're gonna Bstay.
Don't lead me EhalfE7way to Aparadise,
AOh, so Enear, yet Bso far aEway. 
OUTRO:
so Enear, yet Bso far aEway.
so Enear, yet Bso far aEway.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Halfway To Paradise

by Tony Orlando

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Halfway To Paradise:Tony Orlando

#39 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records

in 1961.

E B E

INTRO:

#1.

E A E

I want to be your lover,

but your friend is all I've stayed.

E E7 A

I'm only halfway to paradise.

E B E

So near, yet so far, away.

#2.

E A E

I long for your lips to kiss my lips,

but just when I think they may,

E E7 A

you lead me halfway to paradise,

E B E

so near, yet so far away..mmm..

CHORUS:

B E

Being close to you is almost heaven.

B E

But seeing you can do just so much.

B E

It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure..

Bbm Gb B B7

and that my heart is forbidden to tou...ch, so...

#3.

E A E

Put your sweet lips close to my lips,

and tell me that's where they're gonna stay.

E E7 A

Don't lead me halfway to paradise,

A E B E

Oh, so near, yet so far away.

OUTRO:

E B E

so near, yet so far away.

E B E

so near, yet so far away.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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