#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 15:44:00 -0500 From: Pradeep Bansal Subject: Chordpro:"Closer to Home" by "Grand Funk Railroad" {c:Transcribed by Pradeep Bansal - didn't find it on OLGA, just giving back some!} {t: Closer To Home} {st: Grand Funk Railroad} {c: Intro: D G (4 times), D Dm9 Dsus D Dm9 C D} {nd: Dm9 x002301} {nd: Dsus x002331} {c:Succession of D Dm9 Dsus D Dm9 C D} Everybody, listen to me And return me my ship I^Òm your captain, I^Òm your captain Though I^Òm feeling mighty sick I^Òve been lost now, days uncounted And it^Òs months since I^Òve seen home Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Poor am I, all alone If you return me to my home port I will kiss you mother earth Take me back now, take me back now To the port of my birth [A]Am [Dm]I in my cab[Bb]in dream[Dm]ing Or are you really scheming To take my ship away from [F]me?[A] [Dm]You better [Bb]think about it[Dm] I just can^Òt live without it So please don^Òt [Bb]take my ship from[F] me[A] {c: [D] [G] [D] [G] (4 times)} Yeah yeah yeah {c: Succession of D Dm9 Dsus D Dm9 C D} I can feel the hand of a stranger And it^Òs tied me around my throat Heaven help me, heaven help me Take this stranger off my boat I^Òm your captain, I^Òm your captain Though I^Òm feeling mighty sick Everybody, listen to me And return me me ship I^Òm your captain, yeah, yeah yeah I^Òm getting closer to my home (27 times till fade)