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Actual key (approximate): B major
Capo: 2
Chord shapes as played: A (E low, D high, "open" G)

(Well I'm)
A__________E__________D__________D__________
Closer to the coffin than the crib
Closer to the cancer than the colic
Closer to the blindness than the blanket
Closer to confusion than to consciousness
Closer to the silence than to soaring
Closer to the lees than the lips

A________E__________D
Closer to death than to dawn

(Four taps....)

(But I'm)
D__________G__________A__________A__________
Closer to the new than the old X2

I stand across time
Of which more has passed
Than is yet to come
But I haven't done my last

('Cause I'm)
D__________G__________A__________A__________
Closer to the new than the old

A__________E__________D__________D__________
Closer to the attic than the cellar
Closer to peace than to panic
Closer to the treetops than the roots
Closer to wisdom than to wondering
Closer to the fire than the foundry
Closer to the women than the girls

A___________E____________D
Closer to the answer than the question

(Four taps....)

('Cause I'm)
D__________G__________A__________A__________
Closer to the new than the old X2

I stand across time
Of which more has passed
Than I can plan for now
But I haven't said my last

('Cause I'm)
D__________G__________A__________A__________
Closer to the new than the old

I'm closer to the new than the old

I'm closer to the new than the old

© Huw Powell
humanthoughts.org

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