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Dar Williams - So Close To My Heart
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO: Bm  
I never Chad a friend as Gclose as DyouEm  
So Cclose to my GheartD  Em  
I dropped Ceverything when Gyou came DthroughEm  
So Cclose to my GheartD  Dsus4  
And I put my Bbpens and my Dpaint box aAsideBm  
Ohh, sGo close to my DheartA  Dsus4  
And the river that Bbran down the Drock face, Adried
BmOhh, so Gclose to my DheartA  Bm  
When you were Gclose to my Dheart_A__Bm  C  G  D  Bm  
It was an Chonour that you Gran so DfreeEm  
So Cclose to my GheartD  Em  
I thought I'd Clost something forGever, silly DmeEm  
So Cclose to my GheartD  Dsus4  
But the place you Bbhid in, Das bare as Ait seeBmms
Ohh, sGo close to my DheartA  Dsus4  
It held my Bbwill in its Dinfinite Adreams
BmOhh, sGo close to my DheartA  Bm  
When you were Gclose to my Dheart_A__Bm  C  G  D  Bm  C  G  D  Bm  
So now you're Cgone and now we'll Gboth find our DwaysEm  
So Cclose to our GheartsD  Em  
By the Cforge that leaves a Gstamp on each DdayEm  
So Cclose to our GheartsD  Dsus4  
And we'll long to Bbmake great Dthings in our AlivesBm  
Ohh, sGo close to our DheartsA  Dsus4  
And we'll Bbwonder if what we Dmake surAvives
BmOhh, to Gthe beat of the DheartA  Bm  
It's the Gwork of the DheartA  C  
But you were close to my Gheart_D__A  

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So Close To My Heart

by Dar Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Dsus4

Dar Williams - So Close To My Heart

CAPO: 1st Fret

INTRO:

C G D Em

I never had a friend as close as you

C G D Em

So close to my heart

C G D Em

I dropped everything when you came through

C G D Dsus4

So close to my heart

Bb D A Bm

And I put my pens and my paint box aside

G D A Dsus4

Ohh, so close to my heart

Bb D A

And the river that ran down the rock face, dried

Bm G D A Bm

Ohh, so close to my heart

G D A Bm C G D Bm

When you were close to my heart___

C G D Em

It was an honour that you ran so free

C G D Em

So close to my heart

C G D Em

I thought I'd lost something forever, silly me

C G D Dsus4

So close to my heart

Bb D A Bm

But the place you hid in, as bare as it seems

G D A Dsus4

Ohh, so close to my heart

Bb D A

It held my will in its infinite dreams

Bm G D A Bm

Ohh, so close to my heart

G D A Bm C G D Bm C G D Bm

When you were close to my heart___

C G D Em

So now you're gone and now we'll both find our ways

C G D Em

So close to our hearts

C G D Em

By the forge that leaves a stamp on each day

C G D Dsus4

So close to our hearts

Bb D A Bm

And we'll long to make great things in our lives

G D A Dsus4

Ohh, so close to our hearts

Bb D A

And we'll wonder if what we make survives

Bm G D A Bm

Ohh, to the beat of the heart

G D A C

It's the work of the heart

G D A

But you were close to my heart___

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