Halfway to paradise
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G D A
1. I want to be your lover, but your friend is all I've stayed,
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G D A D
I'm only halfway to paradise, so near yet so far away.
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G D A
2. I long for your lips to kiss my lips, but just when I think they may,
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G D A D
you lead me halfway to paradise, so near yet so far away.
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Bein'
close to you is almost heaven,
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but seein' you can
do just so much,
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D
it hurts me so to know your
heart's a treasure,
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- A
and that my heart is forbidden to tou…..ch.
(original moves up half a note to capo 3rd here)
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3. So put your sweet lips close to my lips,
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and tell me that's where
they're gonna stay,
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don't lead me halfway to paradise, so near yet so far away.
(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 1st) (Bobby Vinton)