Coming Up Close: A Retrospective

G bb c :||

Verse 1:
Bb c g
In the dark, i like to read his mind
Bb c g
But i'm frightened of the things i might find
Bb f
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
G
To tear him away
Bb f
When i tell him that i'm falling in love
G
Why does he say

*** chorus:
Am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
F
Uh-uh

*** verse 2:
I try so hard not to get upset bb c g
Because i know all the trouble i'll get bb c g
Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide bb f
And something to fear g
And i try so hard to keep it inside bb f
So no one can hear g

*** chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Uh-uh f

*** bridge the bass notes are g-d-g-d bb-f-bb-f i *think* the chords
Are something like g <---> bbma7


He wants me g
But only part of the time bbma7
He wants me g
If he can keep me in line bbma7

*** coda

Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush shut up now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Oh hush hush, darling, she might overhear am c g
Hush, hush - voices carry am c g
He said shut up - he said shut up am c g
Oh god can't you keep it down (g) am c
Voices carry g
Hush hush voices carry am c g
I wish he would let me talk. am c g

Capo 3 - eb maps as c

*** intro:
C g | em am
C g | em am c | g

*** verse 1
G d em c
I was winding my clock
G d em c
Which was waking us up
G d em c
In the morning, we were laughing
G d am c
Away like fools

*** verse 2
I was saying my prayers g d | em c
He was combing his hair g d | em c
In a country that began with a g d | em c
'j' for jules g d | am c

*** chorus
G d
You know i'll miss you
Am c
And thus it begins
G d
But i'll release you
Am c
And thus it continues -
G d am c
Someday we'll be happy again

*** verse 3
Oh, the rain never comes g d | em c
Count my blessings on my thumbs g d | em c
And the dogs just want to sleep in the g d | em c
Sun all day g d | am c

*** chours
You know i'll miss you g d
And thus it begins am c
But i'll release you g d
And thus it continues - am c
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c


*** bridge
G d | c
D c
There's no way a country like that could die
Em bm
Told me that they drift away
C g
But that's a lie
C g | em a
C g | em a c | g


*** verse 4
Well, i just bought a car g d | em c
But it stays in the yard g d | em c
And the country that began with a 'j' g d | em c
Now ends in my heart g d | am c

*** chorus
You know i'll miss you g d
And thus it begins am c
But i'll release you g d
And thus it continues - am c
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c

*** coda
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c
Someday we'll be happy again. g d | am c
(oooo) g d | c
(oooo) g d | c
(oooo) g d | c
(oh) g d | c2

Capo 5 c maps to g

*** introduction:
F g eb
F g eb2

*** verse 1:
G /f# /e
It's what he wants but he won't say
Bm f c bb2 /c
He'd rather make-believe i want to say goodbye
G /f# /e
It's down to her although i know
Bm f c bb2 /c
She never made him happy now she makes him cry

*** verse 2:
He cannot work he cannot think g /f# /e
Beyond the guilt he has for leaving her alone bm f c bb2 /c
I'm going down i cannot breathe g /f# /e
He doesn't think to leave me anything at all bm f c bb2 /c


*** chorus:
C g am f c bb am
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
F
(but he always changes)
C g am f c
David denies - but he's left his love behind
Bb am f g
(left his love behind)


*** verse 3:
It's what he wants i'm almost sure g /f# /e
And i can hardly stand him saying it's not so bm f c bb2 /c
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope g /f# /e
Somehow i can convince him not to let me go bm f c bb2 /c


*** chorus:
David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f g


*** instrumental verse:
. g /f# /e
. bm f c bb2 /c
. g /f# /e
. bm f c bb2 /c
. c d bb c
. c d bb

David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f

David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f

C g am
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope
F c bb am f
Somehow i can convince him
C g am
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope
F c bb am f
Somehow i can convince him not to let me go

C g am f c bb am f (fade)

Capo 2: a maps as g
Chords:
C/g 3x2010

*** introduction:
G c/g g c/g

*** verse 1:
G d c2 g
Same town as its ever been
Em am7
If there's changes somewhere
Em am7
They've occurred from within
G d c2 g
Streets pass and hold up to me
Em am7
Every corner defined
Em am7
By the places you'd be


*** chorus:
D c2 em a
But no one is watching you now
G d em a
No one is watching you now
G c/g g c/g
Like i did


*** verse 2:
Even the longest of days g d c2 g
You could make disappear em am7
By the look on your face em am7
We used to drive into town g d c2 g
And the eyes of the girls em am7
Followed you all around em am7


*** chorus:
But no one is watching you now d c2 em a
I know no one is watching you now g d em a
Like i did g c/g g c/g


*** bridge:
Forty-eight hours pass em
And i'm longing to stay c g
Forty-eight hours pass d c
And watching you, watching you a
Is ages away g c/g g c/g


*** verse 3:
Something has torn me apart g d c2 g
Oh but what do i care em am7
About watching my heart em am7
I know that sadness bleeds through g d c2 g
And my sadness for me em am7
Is now sadness for you em am7

*** chorus:
Cause no one is watching you now d c2 em a
I know no one is watching you now g d em a
No one is watching you now g d em a
Like i did g c/g g c/g

*** coda:
G c/g g c/g g

There was a time
You opened up every doorway
You didn't mind if everything
Wasn't your way
Don't pull away
That goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me

Is love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum

I think you've changed
But you insist that
That's not true
You look so strange, so distant
That you're hardly you
Now i can see
How you have been acting different
You say it's me
But i know
That it isn't
It's love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
And that's not enough
Love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
You'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
If you leave me alone
You will be lonely
You'll be the only one who feels this way
It's just not enough
And just wait
You will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
And that's not enough
Love in a vacuum

Capo 1: f maps as e
Note: this is the way i've seen aimee play it in concert (well, in e - the
Recording is in f --- me, i play it in a with alternate fingers
E.g., a = x07650 or x07600; d = xx0770 and f#m as 044200 - well
You get the idea...)

*** intro:
E | e

*** verse 1:
E
So i guess i'll give it up
E
Yeah i guess i will
A
What's the use in pushing
F#m e
When it's all uphill


*** verse 2:
I can't be appointed e
Keeper of the flame e
Without two to carry a
It won't burn the same - oh f#m | e
C#m
It seems obvious to me
B
But then again
D
Could be a b
You just never felt that way


*** chorus
A e (bass e f# g# b c#)
I wish you believed in life
C#m b
Believed in fate
A e (bass e f# g# b c#)
Believed you were lucky
C#m b
And worth the wait
A e
'cause life could be lovely
C#m f# a2
Life could be so great


*** verse 3:
It gets so embarassing e
So i acquiesce e
And i'll change my mind again a
You change your address - oh f#m | e
It seems logical to me c#m
But then again b
Could be i was simply not that smart d | a b


*** chorus:
I thought you believed in life a e
Believed in fate c#m b
Believed you were lucky a e
And worth the wait c#m b
'cause life could be lovely a e
Life could be so great c#m f# a2


*** bridge:
D a
There must be some other door that they are saving
E b
Behind which my happiness lies
D a
I won't be wasting my words
C#m
To tell you hopes that i had -
B a2
We can just leave it alone for now


*** chorus:
I wish you: belief in life a e
Belief in fate c#m b
Belief you are lucky a e
And worth the wait c#m b
'cause life could be lovely a e
Life could be fucking great. c#m f# a2 e

A

F#m d
So what if it's breaking my heart at the root
E bm d
Something that could happen to anyone, i suppose
F#m d
Never any comfort to get from the truth
E bm d
From knowing the part of this person that no one knows
Bm a d
So we just cry
Bm a d
With hopelessness
Bm a e d
We're making such a mess

F#m d f#m e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
F#m d f#m e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it

It's not that i'm frightened of being alone f#m | d
It's just that i know what a burden this grief can be e | bm d
Everything happens for something, i know f#m | d
Can't understand for the moment what this could mean e | bm d
That love is gone bm a | d
That love is blind bm a | d
That love is so unkind bm a | e d

It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d

E d
Nobody wants to be happier more than me
E d a
Nobody wants to be happier more than i do
Bm a d
But happiness
Bm a d
I must confess
Bm a f#m
I don't have

Instrumental:

It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d

Fade:

Capo 3: eb maps as c

C2 | c2

*** verse 1:
C2 g d g
Shall we agree that just this once
Em d
I'm gonna change my life
C2 g d g
Until it's just as tiny or
Em f
Important as you like
C2 g d c2
And in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
G d c2
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
Em d g
Like smoke, disappears in the air
C2 em d g
There's always something smouldering somewhere


*** chorus:
D c2 g
I know it don't make a difference to you
D c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
Em d c2 g
You'll see me off in the distance, i hope
Am
At the other end
C d c2
At the other end of the telescope


*** verse 2:
There was a time not long ago c2 g d g
I dreamt that the world was flat em d
And all the colours bled away c2 g d g
And that was that em em (note!)
And in time, i could only believe in one thing c2 g d c2
The sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings g d c2
And you swore that they'd always be mine em d g
When you can pull them down anytime em d g

*** chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me d c2 g
You'll see me off in the distance, i hope em d c2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope c d c2

*** bridge:
D c2 g
There, there baby now, don't say a word
D c2 g
Lie down baby, your vision is blurred
Em d c2
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
Em
I don't want to hurt you now
C am c am
But i think you're shrinking (i think you're skrinking)


*** verse 3:
You're half-naked ambition and c2 g d g
You're half out of your wits em d
And though your wristwatch always works c2 g d g
Your necktie never fits em f
Now its so hard to pick the receiver up c2 g d
And when i call, i never noticed you could be so small c2 g d
The answer was under your nose em d g
But the question never arose em d g

*** coda:
I know it don't make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me d c2 g
When you find me here at the end of my rope em d c2
When the head and heart of it finally elope em d c2
You can see us off in the distance, i hope em d c2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope c d c2

G