The Closer I Get To You (hi-lo)

by Donnie Hathaway, Roberta Flack · posted by waltp

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU hi-lo
By: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
Donnie Hathaway, Roberta Flack
Key: A


 3   -3  4 -3  3  2   3
 6   -7  7 -7  6  5   6
The clos-er I get to you

 3   -4   4   -3 3-3” 3
 6   -8   7   -7 6-6  6
The more you make me see

3  -3   4  -3  3    2   -3”3
6  -7   7  -7  6    5    -66
By giv-ing me all you've got

 -4   -4   4  -3   3 -3”3
 -8   -8   7  -7   6 -6 6
Your love has cap-tured me


5 -4   4  5 -4  4  -4
8 -8   7  8 -8  7  -8
O-ver and o-ver a-gain

3  3  3   -5  -5  6    6   5
6  6  6   -9  -9  9    9   8
I try to tell my-self that we

  4    5  -4 4  5 4   -4    -4
  7    8  -8 7  8 7   -8    -8
Could nev-er be more than friends

 3   3   3   -5   -5  6
 6   6   6   -9   -9  9
And all the while in-side

6  5   5  5 4  -4
9  8   8  8 7  -8
I knew it was real

 3   3  -3”  4   4   -4
 6   6  -6   7   7   -8
The way you make me feel

 4   -3  4 -3  3  2   3
 7   -7  7 -7  6  5   6
The clos-er I get to you

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