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[Intro]\r\n   G    F   C   C D     Em  Em D    C   C    D     Em     Bm    Am    D\r\n \r\ne|--------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------|-0---|-0---|-2---|\r\nB|--------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------|-3---|-1---|-3---|\r\nG|--------|-5---5\/7-7\/|\/9---9\\7-7\\|\\5---5--5\/7-7\/|\/9----|-4---|-2---|-2---|\r\nD|-5--5\\3-|-5---5\/7-7\/|\/9---9\\7-7\\|\\5---5--5\/7-7\/|\/9----|-4---|-2---|-0---|\r\nA|-5--5\\3-|-3---3\/5-5\/|\/7---7\\5-5\\|\\3---3--3\/5-5\/|\/7----|-2---|-0---|-----|\r\nE|-3--3\\1-|-----------|-----------|--------------|------|-----|-----|-----|\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                G<\/span>\r\nThe closer you get\r\n                C<\/span>\r\nThe further I fall\r\n        Am<\/span>                D<\/span>\r\nI'll be over the edge now\r\n               G<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\nIn no time at all.\r\n             G<\/span>\r\nI'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster\r\n                 C<\/span>\r\nWith no time to stall\r\n           C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nThe closer you get\r\n               G<\/span>\r\nThe further I fall\r\n \r\nG<\/span>    G<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n                              C<\/span> D<\/span> Em<\/span>\r\nThe things that you say to me\r\n                              Em<\/span> D<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nThe look on your face\r\n                              C<\/span> D<\/span> Em<\/span>\r\nBrings out the man in me\r\n            Bm<\/span>           Am<\/span>      D<\/span>\r\nDo I see a Trace in your eyes of Love\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                G<\/span>\r\nThe closer you get\r\n                C<\/span>   C\/B<\/span>\r\nThe further I fall\r\n        Am<\/span>                D<\/span>\r\nI'll be over the edge now\r\n               G<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\nIn no time at all.\r\n             G<\/span>\r\nI'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster\r\n                 C<\/span>\r\nWith no time to stall\r\n           C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nThe closer you get\r\n               G<\/span>\r\nThe further I fall\r\n \r\nG<\/span>    G<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n                             C D Em\r\nCould I be dreamin'\r\n                             Em D C\r\nIs this really real?\r\n                             C D Em\r\nIs there's something magic\r\n                Bm           Am\r\nThe way that I feel in your arms\r\n    D\r\nTonight\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                G\r\nThe closer you get\r\n                C   C\/B\r\nThe further I fall\r\n        Am                D\r\nI'll be over the edge now\r\n               G          D\r\nIn no time at all.\r\n             G\r\nI'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster\r\n                 C\r\nWith no time to stall\r\n           C\/B  Am        D\r\nThe closer you get\r\n               C\r\nThe further I fall\r\n \r\nC        D\r\nKeep fallin'\r\n           C\r\nOh yeah, yeah\r\n        D\r\nI'm fallin'\r\nC        D\r\nMmmm fallin'\r\n          C             D\r\nOh yeah, yeah, I'm fallin'\r\nC        D                       C        D\r\nYes, I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin'\r\nC        D                       C        D\r\nYes, I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin'\r\nC          D                       C        D\r\nYes, we're fallin, we're fallin', yes we're fallin'\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                G\r\nThe closer you get\r\n                C   C\/B\r\nThe further I fall\r\n        Am                D\r\nI'll be over the edge now\r\n               G          D\r\nIn no time at all.\r\n             G\r\nI'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster\r\n                 C\r\nWith no time to stall\r\n           C\/B  Am        D\r\nThe closer you get\r\n               G          D\r\nThe further I fall\r\n \r\n(Fade)\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                G\r\nThe closer you get\r\n                C   C\/B\r\nThe further I fall\r\n        Am                D\r\nI'll be over the edge now\r\n               G          D\r\nIn no time at all.\r\n             G\r\nI'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster\r\n                 C\r\nWith no time to stall\r\n           C\/B  Am        D\r\nThe closer you get\r\n               G\r\nThe further I fall\r\n
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Alabama [Intro] G F C C D Em Em D C C D Em Bm Am D e|——–|———–|———–|————–|——|-0—|-0—|-2—| B|——–|———–|———–|————–|——|-3—|-1—|-3—| G|——–|-5—5\/7-7\/|\/9—9\\7-7\\|\\5—5–5\/7-7\/|\/9—-|-4—|-2—|-2—| D|-5–5\\3-|-5—5\/7-7\/|\/9—9\\7-7\\|\\5—5–5\/7-7\/|\/9—-|-4—|-2—|-0—| A|-5–5\\3-|-3—3\/5-5\/|\/7—7\\5-5\\|\\3—3–3\/5-5\/|\/7—-|-2—|-0—|—–| E|-3–3\\1-|———–|———–|————–|——|—–|—–|—–| { CHORUS } G The closer you get C The further I fall Am D I’ll be over the edge now G D In no time at … CLICK TO VIEW SONGCloser You Get, The<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29085,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084\/revisions\/29085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}