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The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
The Closest Thing To Crazy
Intro: E B E/F# A E/B B
Verse 1: E B/F# E/G#
How can I think I'm standing strong,
A E
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
C#m C#M/B A
How can happiness feel so wrong?
G#m B9 E B
How can misery feel so sweet?
Verse 2:E B/F# E/G#
How can you let me watch you sleep,
A E
Then break my dreams the way you do?
C#m C#m/B A
How can I have got in so deep?
G#m B9 E B
Why did I fall in love with you?
Chorus: E C#m
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
F#m
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
E C#m
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
F#m Am
I was never crazy on my own...
E C#m A C
And now I know, that there's a link between the two,
E C#m B E B/F# E/G# Asus4 Am E
Being close to craziness and being close to you.
Verse 3: E B/F# E/G#
How can you make me fall a---part
A E
Then break my fall with loving lies?
C#m C#m/B A
It's so easy to break a heart;
G#m B9 E B
It's so easy to close your eyes.
Verse 4: E B/F# E/G#
How can you treat me like a child
A E
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
C#m C#m/B A
How can anyone feel so wild?
G#m B9 E B
How can anyone feel so blue?
Chorus: E C#m
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
F#m
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
E C#m
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
F#m Am
I was never crazy on my own...
E C#m A C
And now I know, that there's a link between the two,
E C#m B E C#m
Being close to craziness and being close to you.
A B E C#m
Outro: And being close to you
A A/B E
And being close to you
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: E
NOTE: Katie Melua plays it in E without a capo, but this is
another way to play it. (If you want to view the chords in
the key of E, use the transpose function set to [+2])
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
Chord names and fret positions relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 D/A = x00232 Em = 022000
A = x02220 Bm = x24432 (Em) = 0xxxxx
D/F# = 200232 Bm/A = x04432 (Em/F#) = 2xxxxx
G6 = 320030 F#m = 244222 Gm = 355333
G = 320033 A7sus4 = x02030 G/A = x00033
A7 = x02020 Bm9 = x20222 Bb = x13331
A7/E = 002020 A6 = x02222 Gsus4 = 355533
Asus4 = x02230
N.C. = No chords / = Slide notes up
[Intro]
D A D/F# G6 G D A A7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
D A7/E D/F# D
How can I think I'm standing strong------,
G6 G D
Yet feel the air be - neath my feet?
D/A Bm Bm/A G
How can happiness feel so wrong?
F#m A7 D A A7
How can misery feel so sweet?
[Verse 2]
D A7/E D/F# D
How can you let me watch you sleep------,
G6 G D
Then break my dreams the way you do?
D/A Bm Bm/A G
How can I have got in so deep?
F#m A7 D A7
Why did I fall in love with you?
[Chorus]
A7sus4 D D/A Bm9
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been,
Em7 A6
Feeling twenty two, acting seventeen,
A D D/A Bm9
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
Em (Em)(Em/F#) Gm
I was never crazy ...on my own,
D D/A Bm G G/A Bb
And now I know-------- that there's a link between the two,
D D/A Bm A A7 D A7/E
Being close to craziness, and being close to you------------
| / / / / |
D/F# D Gsus4 Gm
| / / / / __/ | / / / / |
D
e |--2------2--------|------------------|
B |--3---------3-----|--/7---5---3---2--|
G |------2-----------|------------------|
D |--0---------------|--/7---5---4---2--|
A |------------------|------------------|
E |------------------|------------------|
[Verse 3]
D A7/E D/F# D
How can you make me fall a - part--------,
G6 G D
Then break my fall with loving lies?
D/A Bm Bm/A G
It's so easy to break a heart,
F#m A7 D A A7
It's so easy to close your eyes
[Verse 4]
D A7/E D/F# D
How can you treat me like a child-------?
G6 G D
Yet, like a child, I yearn for you!
D/A Bm Bm/A G
How can anyone feel so wild?
F#m A7 D A7
How can anyone feel so blue?
[Chorus]
A7sus4 D D/A Bm9
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been,
Em7 A6
Feeling twenty two, acting seventeen,
A D D/A Bm9
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
Em (Em)(Em/F#) Gm
I was never crazy ...on my own,
D D/A Bm G G/A Bb
And now I know-------- that there's a link between the two,
D D/A Bm
Being close to craziness,
A A7 D D/A Bm Bm/A G
And being close to you-----------------
[Coda]
Asus4 A D D/A Bm Bm/A G
And being close to you -oo---oo-oo-oo--------,
Asus4 N.C. D
And being close ...to ...you!
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version 3
[Intro]
E B E/G# A E/B B
[Verse 1]
E B/F# E/G#
How can I think I'm standing strong,
A E
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
C#m C#m/B A
How can happiness feel so wrong?
G#m B9 E B
How can misery feel so sweet?
[Verse 2]
E B/F# E/G#
How can you let me watch you sleep,
A E
Then break my dreams the way you do?
C#m B A
How can I have got in so deep?
G#m B9 E B
Why did I fall in love with you?
[Chorus]
E C#sus2
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
F#m B13
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
B7 E C#sus2
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
F#m7 Am(maj7)
I was never crazy on my own...
E C#m A C
And now I know, that there's a link between the two,
E C#m B
Being close to craziness and being close to
E B/F# E/G# Asus4 Am E
you..
[Verse 3]
E B/F# E/G#
How can you make me fall a---part
A E
Then break my fall with loving lies?
C#m B A
It's so easy to break a heart;
G#m B9 E B
It's so easy to close your eyes.
[Verse 4]
E B/F# E/G#
How can you treat me like a child
A E
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
C#m B A
How can anyone feel so wild?
G#m B9 E B
How can anyone feel so blue?
[Chorus]
E C#sus2
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
F#m B13
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
B7 E C#sus2
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
F#m7 Am(maj7)
I was never crazy on my own...
E C#m A C
And now I know, that there's a link between the two,
E C#m B E C#m
Being close to craziness and being close to you.
[Outro]
A B E C#m
And being close to you
A A/B E
And being close to you
[Chords]
E,A,D,G,B,e
B/F#: 2,2,4,4,4,2
E/G#: 4,7,6,4,5,4 alt. 4,x,x,4,5,4
B9; x,2,1,2,2,(2)
B13; 7,9,7,8,9,7
C#sus2; x,4,6,6,4,4
Am(maj7);5,7,6,5,5,x (or play a normal Am)...
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version 4
Intro:
D / A / | D/F# / / / | G / / / | D/A / A A7|
Verse:
D A/E D/F#
How can I think I'm standing strong
G D
Yet feel the air beneath my feet
Bm A G
How can happiness feel so wrong
F#m A7 D
How can misery feel so sweet
D A/E D/F#
How can you let me watch you sleep
G D
Then break my dreams the way you do
Bm A G
How can I have got in so deep
F#m A7 D
Why did I fall in love with you
Chorus:
A7
This is the
D Bm
Closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Em7 D/A
Feeling 22, acting 17
A
This is the
D Bm
Nearest thing to crazy I have ever known
Em7 Gm
I was never crazy on my own
D Bm G Bb
And now I know that there's a link between the two
D Bm A7 D
Being close to craziness and being close to you
A/E / D/F# | / / | Gm / / / | D / / / |
Repeat verse and chorus in same way
Verse 2 lyrics:
How can you let me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies
It's so easy to break a heart
It's so easy to close your eyes
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you
How could anyone be so wild
How could anyone be so blue
After Chorus 2, instead of the between chorus and verse sequence:
Bm / G | Am4 / D / | D / Bm / | A7 / D / | Bm / G | Am4 / D / |
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