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            Decades - Joy Division - Closer (1980)

This is the greatest Closer of all time transcribed for guitar

Chords	-	
Dm(xx0231)
C (x32010)
G (320003)
Bb(x1333x)

You can play the Dm and C like this until the chorus...(listen to song for exact timing):
e|---1--1--1--1--1---0-0-0-0-0--8-----------------|
B|---3--3--3--3--3---1-1-1-1-1--------------------|
G|---2--2--2--2--2---0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|


[Intro]
(drums)
(bass)
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-5-7-0-----5-7-------5-7-0-|
A|---------------7-----------|
E|---------------------------|

Dm          C
Dm          C

[Verse 1] 0’43”
Dm                                           C
  Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders,
Dm                                             C
  Here are the young men, well where have they been?
Dm                                         C
  We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber,
Dm                                          C
  Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in,
Dm                                            C
  Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying,
Dm                                     C
  We saw ourselves now as we never had seen.
Dm                                     C
  Portrayal of the trauma and degeneration,
Dm                                       C
  The sorrows we suffered and never were free.

[Interlude] 1’54”
Dm          C
Dm          C

[Chorus] 2’12”
(played by synth)
e|----1-3----1-3---1-3---1-3---1-3---1-3---1--3---1-3---1-3---1--3---|
B|--3------3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----1------1-----1-----1--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----1-3----1-3---1-3---1-3---1-3---1-3---1--3---1-3---1-3---1--3---|
B|--0------0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------3-----3------3-----3-----3--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                Dm                 
Where have they been?
                C
Where have they been?
                G
Where have they been?
                Bb
Where have they been?

[Interlude] 2’48”
(played by synth)
   Dm                   C
e|---1----1-1---1---1-1---0----0-0---0---8-8-|
B|-3----3-----3---3-----1----1-----1---1-----|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|    x4 

[Verse 2] 3’25”
Dm                                      C
  Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever,
Dm                                             C
  Can't replace the fear, or the thrill of the chase,
Dm                                            C
  Each ritual showed up the door for our wanderings,
Dm                                    C
  Open then shut, then slammed in our face.

[Interlude] 4’00”
(played by synth)
e|------5-3-1-0-------------------5-3-1-0---------|
B|-3---------------1----3--1-3---------------1--3-|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------| 

[Chorus] 4’35”
Dm  C  G  Bb

                Dm                 
Where have they been?
                C
Where have they been?
                G
Where have they been?
                Bb
Where have they been?

[Outro] 5’11”
(repeat fading)
Dm  C  G  Bb
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