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Close To The Sun

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Capo 1
[Verse 1]
AmWe were Gglowing Flike a Dmflame
AmUnder coGver nighFt and dDmay
[Bridge]
AmYou took me up so high
GIt felt like a paradise
DmBreathing you and breathing you oFut
AmWe fell like shooting stars
GLike we were not too far
DmNowhere to go but Fdown
[Chorus]
AmIt was so beautiful
GBefore the fall
I'm Dmflying too close to the Fsun
AmIt was so beautiful
GBefore the fall
I'm Dmflying too close to the Fsun
I was so Dmyours
I felt the earth Emturn
Shooting so Fhigh
We had to get Fburn
It was sAmo beautiful
GBefore the fall
I'm Dmflying too close
I'm Fflying too close to the sun
[Verse 2]
AmOh I Gmiss you
FMissing Dmme
AmAnd over tGhings we'll
FNever beDm  
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
DmYou've written in my Fheart
I'll always remAmember you
GRemember me
DmTogether but Fapart
I'll always reAmmember you
GYou set me free
[Chorus]

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Close To The Sun

by Guano Apes

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1

[Verse 1]

Am G F Dm

We were glowing like a flame

Am G F Dm

Under cover night and day

[Bridge]

You took me up so high

It felt like a paradise

Dm F

Breathing you and breathing you out

We fell like shooting stars

Like we were not too far

Dm F

Nowhere to go but down

[Chorus]

It was so beautiful

Before the fall

Dm F

I'm flying too close to the sun

It was so beautiful

Before the fall

Dm F

I'm flying too close to the sun

I was so yours

I felt the earth turn

Shooting so high

We had to get burn

It was so beautiful

Before the fall

I'm flying too close

I'm flying too close to the sun

[Verse 2]

Am G

Oh I miss you

F Dm

Missing me

Am G

And over things we'll

F Dm

Never be

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

Dm F

You've written in my heart

I'll always remember you

Remember me

Dm F

Together but apart

I'll always remember you

You set me free

[Chorus]

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