Instruments
| Bm | A | G | Esus4 E |
Break
| [2/4] E |
Hook
| Bm7 | E |My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on you | A | A A#dim7 |My eyes adored you like a million miles away from me | Bm7 | Bm7 E11 |You couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
Instruments
| D A/C# E |
Verse 1
| A C#m7 |Carried your books from school | Em7 A7 Dmaj7 |Playin' make believe you're married to me| Bm7 | G E |You were fifth grade, I was sixth when we came to be| F#m C#m | Em7 A7 Dmaj7 |Walkin' home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay | Bm7 | G D/F# Esus4 E |Till we grew into the me and you who went our separate ways
Break
| [2/4] E |
Hook
| Bm7 | E |My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on you | A | A A#dim7 |My eyes adored you like a million miles away from me | Bm7 | Bm7 E11 |You couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
Instruments
| D A/C# F11 |
Verse 2
key up to Bb| Bb Dm7 | Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 |Headed for city lights, climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame| Cm7 | Ab F |I worked my fingers to the bone made myself a name| Gm7 Dm7 | Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 |Funny I seemed to find that no matter how the years unwind | Cm7 | Ab Eb/F Fsus4 F |Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss and the love I left behind
Break
| F |
Hook 2
| Cm7 | F |My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on you | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 Bdim7 |My eyes adored you like a million miles away from me | Cm7 | Cm7 F |You couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
Instruments
| Eb Bb/D F#11 |
Hook 3 [Vocal adlib over Hook]
key up to B| C#m7 | F# | All my life I will remember how warm and tender we were | Bmaj7 | Bmaj7 Cdim7 |way back then Whoa baby| C#m7 | C#m7 F# | Oh the feeling, sad regrets I know I won't ever forget you | E B/D# G11 |My childhood friend
Ending [Repeat & Fade]
key up to C| Dm7 | G |My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on you | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 C#dim7 |My eyes adored you like a million miles away from me | Dm7 |You couldn't see how I adored you | Dm7 G | F C/E G11 |So close, so close and yet so far
