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Version 1 
            The Closer I Get To You
Written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas (former members of Miles Davis' band
 and Roberta Flack's band)
Performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1977)

Capo 2

   Am:x02210
  Bm7:x24232
Cmaj7:x32000
   D7:xx0212
   Em:022000
Gmaj7:320002
  F/G:333211
   G7:323x3x 
  G/B:x20003


[Intro]

Gmaj7   G/B   Cmaj7   Bm7   Em  [Repeat x 3]

[Female Solo 1]

Gmaj7                  G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
      The closer I get to  you
Gmaj7                  G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     The more you make me  see
Gmaj7                    G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
      By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7                   G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
       our love has captured me


[Male Solo 1]

Cmaj7                Bm7
      Over and over again
            F/G    G7      Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
                          Bm7
Could never be more than friends
             F/G     G7
And all the while inside
    Cmaj7      Bm7
I knew it was real
            F/G      D7
The way you make me feel


[Female Solo 2]

G               G/B  C  Bm7  Em
Lying here next to  you
G               G/B  C  Bm7  Em
Time just seems to  fly
G                G/B  C  Bm7  Em
Needing you more and more
G               G/B  C  Bm7  Em
Let's give love a   try


]Male Solo 2]

Cmaj7                         Bm7
     Sweeter and sweeter love grows
      F/G     G7        Cmaj7
And Heaven's there for those
                         Bm7
Who fooled the tricks of time
          F/G       G7         Cmaj7
With the hearts of love they find
     Bm7         F/G    D7
True love in a special way


[Female Solo 1]

Gmaj7                 G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     The closer I get to   you
Gmaj7                 G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     The more you make me  see
Gmaj7                    G/B Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7                 G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     Your love has captured me


[Male Solo 1]

Cmaj7              Bm7
     Over and over again
           F/G     G7       Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
                           Bm7
Could never be more than friends
             F/G     G7
And all the while inside
    Cmaj7     Bm7
I knew it was real
             F/G      D7
The way you make me feel


[Female Voice]

Gmaj7                 G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     The closer I get to  you
Gmaj7                 G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     The more you make me  see
Gmaj7                  G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
     By giving you all I’ve got
Gmaj7                  G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
      Your love has captured me


[Male Voice]

Gmaj7                    G/B  Cmaj7     Bm7     Em      Gmaj7
         The closer I get to you
Gmaj7                    G/B  Cmaj7     Bm7     Em      Gmaj7
        The feeling comes over me
G/B   Cmaj7
Me too   (Female-speaking)
         Bm7    Em            Gmaj7     
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity 


[Instrumental Ending]

G/B  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em  Gmaj7

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