COME A LITTLE CLOSER - Cage the Elephant
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Tuning: Standard
This is version of the song 'Come a Little Closer' song by Cage the Elephant!
It is acoustic and it sounds right to me! For the actual video check out
this video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMAcrpceso and let's do
this!
I believe (don't quote me on this) that this song is in the key of so the
chords are as follows...
My Strumming Pattern - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-|
Chords -
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Time Shakes, found you at the water,
At first you were my father, now I love you like a brother
Earthquakes, shake the dust behind you
The world at times will blind you
...
Still I know I see you there.
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
(cont.)
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
(Little fill here in the song after see)
|-2-4-|
Heartbreaks, the heavy world's upon your shoulders,
Will we burn on or just smolder?
Somehow I know I'll find you there.
Oooh, I wanna see if can change it, change it
...
Still I know I'll see you there.
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
(cont.)
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
(cont.)
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
(cont.)
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
Oh,(x8)
Oh,(x32)
Ohhhhhh
Ten thousand people stand alone, now.
And in the evening the sun sets,
Tomorrow it will rise.
(Switch to straight 8 notes from
Time, Flies, By they all sang along here on out in this 'time' section)
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
Time, Flies, Byyyyy, byyyyy
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(cont.)
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(He does a little lick after the on see like so, listen to it and you'll
hear it)
|--6-7--11h12-11-7-|
Come a little closer then you'll see,
Come a little closer then you'll see.
That's it! Work out your own strumming pattern or use the one I provided for
the verse and the intro here it is - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-| It's that per
chord! Just listen to the song to figure out your own pattern or hear mine!