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COME A LITTLE CLOSER - Cage the Elephant
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Tabbed by: BittersweetDays
Any Questions Please Ask!
Tuning: Standard
This is version of the song 'Come a Little Closer' song by Cage the Elephant!
It is acoustic and it sounds right to me! For the actual video check out
this video here - https://vimeo.com/79830648 and let's do
this!
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I believe (don't quote me on this) that this song is in the key of C#m so the
chords are as follows...
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EDIT - these are just chords, and the chord progression. In the actual song,
Lincoln Parish noodles around on the chords, it's a little complicated to
read (it was complicated to type) but he holds the chord position, and plays
it like so. If I write it with numbers from 1234 he would be doing 1324.
(That was really difficult to explain with text)
C#m G#m
(4)e|--------4-----4-----4-----|--------4----4-----4----|
(3)B|----5-----5-----5-----5---|----4-----4----4-----4--|
(2)G|------6-----6-----6-----6-|------4-----4----4-----4|
(1)D|--6-----------------------|--6---------------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------------|------------------------|
F#m C#m
(4)e|--------2-----2-----2-----|--------4------------------|
(3)B|----2-----2-----2-----2---|----5-----5----4~--2--4-2--|
(2)G|------2-----2-----2-----2-|------6-----6--------------| (Repeat for
(1)D|--4-----------------------|--6------------------------| Verses)
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|
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My Strumming Pattern - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-|
Chords -
A F#m C#m E G#m
e|---5---|----2---|---4---|---0---|---4---|
B|---5---|----2---|---5---|---0---|---4---|
G|---6---|----2---|---6---|---1---|---4---|
D|---7---|----4---|---6---|---2---|---6---|
A|---7---|----4---|---4---|---2---|---6---|
E|---5---|----2---|---4---|---0---|---4---|
Intro - C#m, G#m, F#m, C#m
C#m G#m
Time Shakes, found you at the water,
F#m C#m
At first you were my father, now I love you like a brother
C#m G#m
Earthquakes, shake the dust behind you
F#m
The world at times will blind you
C#m... E
Still I know I see you there.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m A
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
(Little fill here in the song after see)
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-2-4-|
C#m G#m
Heartbreaks, the heavy world's upon your shoulders,
F#m
Will we burn on or just smolder?
C#m
Somehow I know I'll find you there.
C#m G#m F#m
Oooh, I wanna see if can change it, change it
C#m... E
Still I know I'll see you there.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A (cont.) F#m C#m A
Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
A (cont.) F#m C#m
Come a little closer, then you'll see.
F#m
Oh,(x8)
A
Oh,(x32)
C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m
Ohhhhhh
A F#m C#m F#m G#m
Ten thousand people stand alone, now.
A F#m C#m
And in the evening the sun sets,
F#m G#m A
Tomorrow it will rise.
F#m C#m F#m G#m A (Switch to straight 8 notes from
Time, Flies, By they all sang along here on out in this 'time' section)
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
F#m C#m F#m G#m A
Time, Flies, By they all sang along
F#m C#m F#m G#m
Time, Flies, Byyyyy, byyyyy
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
C#m (cont.) A
Come on, come on, come ooooon.
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
(He does a little lick after the C#m on see like so, listen to it and you'll
hear it)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|--6-7--11h12-11-7-|
E|------------------|
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see,
A F#m C#m
Come a little closer then you'll see.
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That's it! Work out your own strumming pattern or use the one I provided for
the verse and the intro here it is - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-| It's that per
chord! Just listen to the song to figure out your own pattern or hear mine!