That’s as close as I’ll get to loving you
D - Bm - C (2x)
D Bm C
D Bm G
1. Maybe we'll never be seen
together at night on a crowded street.
D
Bm C G - D
I may never reach across your
body to kill the light when you're asleep.
D Bm C
Maybe I'll never watch you dressing,
D Bm G
I won't sound too familiar on
the phone,
D Bm
C G
- A
but I
can touch your hand accidentally and take that moment home.
A D G
That's as close as I'll get to loving you,
A D
G A
even though there's nothing else I'd rather do.
A
D
G
C - G
I can dream, I can hope, I
can scheme but still I know
D - Em D
that's as close as I'll get to loving you.
+ D - Bm - C (2x)
D Bm C
2. I won't be there when you
need holding,
D
Bm G
but
I'm sure that he can pull you through.
D Bm
C
G - A
But I can sing this song to
everybody and pretend it's not about you.
D G C
That's as close as I'll get to
loving you,
D G C D
even
though there's nothing else I'd rather do.
D G C F - C
I can dream, I can hope, I can scheme but still I know
G - Am D
that's as close as I'll get to loving you.
+ D - G - C (2x)
D G C
That's as close as I'll get to
loving you,
D G C D
even
though there's nothing else I'd rather do.
D G C F - C
I can dream, I can hope, I can scheme but still I know
G Am - D
that's as close as I'll get to…..
C
G Am - D
yeah,
that's as close as I'll get to…..
C G Am D
that's
as close as I'll get to loving you.
+ D - G - C (2x) + D
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Aaron Tippin)