A Little Closer
A Little Closer
A Little Closer
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Original guitar arrangement by Justin Goldner
Open E tuning:
(low to high) E-B-E-G#-B-E
Intro
Moderately slow h = 80
E E6 E Esus2 E
Rhy. Fig. 1 End Rhy. Fig. 1
Gtr. 1 (acous.)
mp
w/ fingers
let ring throughout
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E6 E Esus2 E
0
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Verse
E E['2] Esus2,4 E['2]
1. Spent so man - y sea - sons lost in - side my mind, lost
*
0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0
0 2 2 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*In a single downstroke, sound all notes by striking strings w/ backs of fingernails, throughout.
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A['2]/E E E6 E
in - side my mind like a
0 0 0 2 2 0
1 1 0
0 0 2 4 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
E['2] Esus2,4 E['2]
mes - sage in a bot - tle I thought no - bod - y would find, that no -
0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 2 2 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A['2]/C# B/D# E E['2]
- bod - y would find I’ve been drift-
0 0 0 0
1 3 3 0 0
0 0 0 2 4 0 2
2 2 4 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Pre-Chorus
A['2] E B['4] C#m7
- in’, I’ve been dream - in’ I would land up - on the shore to a ha -
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A['2] E Bsus4 B7['4]
- ven, to a har - bor that felt so far be - fore
0
0 0 0
5 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 5
5 0 0 7 7
5 5 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7
Chorus
E B['4] C#m7 E,7/G#
Well, to - day, to - day, what felt
Rhy. Fig. 3 End Rhy. Fig. 3
0 0
0 0 0 0
7 0 7 8 3
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 0 7 9 4
7 0 0 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4
A['2] B['4] C#m7
so far a - way feels a lit - tle clos - er For to - day,
0
0 0 0 0
5 7 8 8
0 0 0 0 0 0
5 7 7 9 9
5 5 7 7 9 9 9 9 9
to - day, to - day
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A'9 A,9 Bsus4 B7['4]
it feels a lit - tle clos-
Rhy. Fig. 4 End Rhy. Fig. 4
Gtr. 1
0
0 0 0 0
5 0 7
0 0 0 0 5
5 7 7 7
5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7
Interlude
E E6 E Esus2 E
- er 2. How
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Verse
E Esus2,4 E
long these days in dark - ness at the bot-tom of a well, that old
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A['2]/C# E E6 E
fa - mil - iar well sit - tin’
0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1 1 0
2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0
2 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4
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B['4]/D# A/C# B['4]/D# E
heav - y with these se - crets and no - bod - y to tell, no -
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 5 4 2 2 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
A/C# B['4]/D# E
- bod - y to tell High a - bove,
0 0
1 1 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Pre-Chorus
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 2
A['2] E B['4] C#m7
a streak of sun - light and a wall too high to climb All the reach -
A['2] E Bsus4
- ing, all the want - ing, just to tum - ble ev - ’ry
Gtr. 1
0 0
5 0 0
0 0 0 0
5 0 0 7
5 5 0 0 7 7 7 7
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B7['4] μ
time But, to - day,
0
0
7
0 5
7 7
7 7 7 7 7
Chorus
E5 B['4] C#m E,7/G#
to - day, what felt
Rhy. Fig. 5 End Rhy. Fig. 5
0
0 0 0 0 0
3 3 7 0 8 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 7 9 4
0 0 7 7 9 9 9 4 4
A['2] B['4] C#m7
so far a - way feels a lit - tle clos - er For to - day,
0 0 0 0 0
5 7 8 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 7 7 9 9
5 5 7 7 9 9 9 9
to - day, to - day
A'9 A,9 Bsus4 B7['4]
it feels a lit - tle clos -
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Interlude
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1
E E6 E Esus2 E
- er
E6 E Esus2 E5
And the days
Gtr. 1
0
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bridge
A['2]/C# B['4]/D#
car - ry on The clouds
Rhy. Fig. 6
End Rhy. Fig. 6
A['2] E
come roll - in’ in, and then they’re gone As the days
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Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 6
A['2]/C# B['4]/D#
keep com - in’ on
Freely A tempo
A['2] F#m7[add4]
the mid - night sky turns to dawn
Gtr. 1
0
0
5 1 1
0 0
5 2 2
5 2 2
B6sus4 B7['4]
To - day,
0
0 0
1 0 7
0 0 5
2 2 7 7
2 2 7 7 7 7 7
Breakdown-Chorus
E B['4]/D# C#m B['4]
to - day, what felt
4 2 0
0 0 0
8 7
0 0 0 0 0
5 5 4 4 9 7 7
9 9 7 7
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A['2] B5 C#m7
so far a - way feels a lit - tle clos - er For to - day,
0
0 0 0 0
5 8 7 0
0 0 0
5 7 7 9 9
5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9
to - day, to - day
A['2] A,9 Bsus4 B7['4]
it feels a lit - tle clos-
Gtr. 1
0
0 0 0 0
5 0 7
0 0 0 0 5
5 7 7
5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7
Interlude
E E['2] A['2]/E
- er a lit - tle clos - er
0 0
0 0 1
2 4 0 2 0 0
0 0 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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E E['2]
It feels a lit - tle clos - er a lit - tle clos -
0
1 1 0 0
0 0 0 2 4 0 2
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A['2]/E
rit.
- er It feels a lit - tle clos -
rit.
0
0 0
1 1
0 0 0
2 2 2
0 0 0
Outro
A tempo
E E6 E Esus2 E
- er.
0
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E6 E Esus2 E5
rit.
0 0
0 0 2 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 3
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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