Biography:
Roberta Flack (born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10th February 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her classic #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", and for "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway.
Flack was the first, and remains the only, solo artist to win the Grammy
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The Closer I Get To You
Written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas (former members of Miles Davis' band
and Roberta Flack's band)
Performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1977)
Capo 2
Am:x02210
Bm7:x24232
Cmaj7:x32000
D7:xx0212
Em:022000
Gmaj7:320002
F/G:333211
G7:323x3x
G/B:x20003
[Intro]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em [Repeat x 3]
[Female Solo 1]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
our love has captured me
[Male Solo 1]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Over and over again
F/G G7 Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
Bm7
Could never be more than friends
F/G G7
And all the while inside
Cmaj7 Bm7
I knew it was real
F/G D7
The way you make me feel
[Female Solo 2]
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Lying here next to you
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Time just seems to fly
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Needing you more and more
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Let's give love a try
]Male Solo 2]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
F/G G7 Cmaj7
And Heaven's there for those
Bm7
Who fooled the tricks of time
F/G G7 Cmaj7
With the hearts of love they find
Bm7 F/G D7
True love in a special way
[Female Solo 1]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
Your love has captured me
[Male Solo 1]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Over and over again
F/G G7 Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
Bm7
Could never be more than friends
F/G G7
And all the while inside
Cmaj7 Bm7
I knew it was real
F/G D7
The way you make me feel
[Female Voice]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving you all I’ve got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
Your love has captured me
[Male Voice]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
The feeling comes over me
G/B Cmaj7
Me too (Female-speaking)
Bm7 Em Gmaj7
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity
[Instrumental Ending]
G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
Written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas (former members of Miles Davis' band
and Roberta Flack's band)
Performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1977)
Capo 2
Am:x02210
Bm7:x24232
Cmaj7:x32000
D7:xx0212
Em:022000
Gmaj7:320002
F/G:333211
G7:323x3x
G/B:x20003
[Intro]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em [Repeat x 3]
[Female Solo 1]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
our love has captured me
[Male Solo 1]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Over and over again
F/G G7 Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
Bm7
Could never be more than friends
F/G G7
And all the while inside
Cmaj7 Bm7
I knew it was real
F/G D7
The way you make me feel
[Female Solo 2]
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Lying here next to you
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Time just seems to fly
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Needing you more and more
G G/B C Bm7 Em
Let's give love a try
]Male Solo 2]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
F/G G7 Cmaj7
And Heaven's there for those
Bm7
Who fooled the tricks of time
F/G G7 Cmaj7
With the hearts of love they find
Bm7 F/G D7
True love in a special way
[Female Solo 1]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving me all you've got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
Your love has captured me
[Male Solo 1]
Cmaj7 Bm7
Over and over again
F/G G7 Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
Bm7
Could never be more than friends
F/G G7
And all the while inside
Cmaj7 Bm7
I knew it was real
F/G D7
The way you make me feel
[Female Voice]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
The more you make me see
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
By giving you all I’ve got
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em
Your love has captured me
[Male Voice]
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
The closer I get to you
Gmaj7 G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
The feeling comes over me
G/B Cmaj7
Me too (Female-speaking)
Bm7 Em Gmaj7
Pulling closer sweet as the gravity
[Instrumental Ending]
G/B Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Gmaj7
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