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Gordon Lightfoot - Never Too Close
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G   C   G   Em   D  G  
[VERSE 1:]
I remember when best Cfriends were jealous loGvers
Lying warm aCsleep beneath the DcoversG  
Dreaming of beClonging to each Gother
[CHORUS:]
And so we Ctried, never too Gclose
Never too Dnear, dying in Gtime
And so we Ccried, but that is alGright
We meant no one Dno harm
[VERSE 2:]
I reGmember when best Cfriends were not misGtaken
Long before that Cfreedom was forDsakenG  
Learning about all the good Cthings in the world worth beGlieving
[CHORUS:]
And so we Ctried, never too Gclose
Never too Dnear, dying in Gtime
And so we Ccried, but that is alGright
We meant no one Dno harm
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G   C   G   Em   D  G  
[VERSE 3:]
I remember when jealous Clovers would stick toGgether
When the days were Cwarm and the nights more DtenderG  
When the bonds of Ctruth were not made to Gmeasure
[CHORUS:]
And so we Ctried, never too Gclose
Never too Dnear, dying in Gtime
And so we Ccried, but that is alGright
We meant no one Dno harm
[CHORUS:]
CTry, try as you Gwill
Following Ddreams never fulGfilled
And so we Ccried, but that is alGright
We meant no one Dno harm
[OUTRO:] G   C   G   Em   D  G  
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