You Can Close Your Eyes

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
   Eb Ab Bb 
   Eb Ab Bb7

Verse:
          Eb             Ab     Eb    Bb     Bbsus2 Bb
Well the Sun is surely sin - kin' down,
         Fm     Cm     Bb      Ab      Fm   Bb7
and the Moon is slowly ri - sing.
    Eb                   Ab          Eb       Bb     Bbsus2 Bb
So this old world must still be spinnin' 'round,
    Fm Cm    Bb    Eb       Ab Eb Bb Eb
and I still love you.

Chorus:
     Ab    Fm   Bb     Db                   Ab             Cm
So Close your eyes, you can close your eyes, its al - right.
Fm               Bb              Db                 Ab          Cm
I don't know no love songs, and I cant sing the blues any - more.
    Fm    Eb          Ab       Fm      Eb        Ab     Bb        Cm
But I can sing this song; and you can sing this song, when I'm gone.

Interlude: Fm Ab Bbsus2 Bb

Verse:
    Eb               Ab     Eb       Bb   Bbsus2 Bb
It won't be long before another day.
Fm       Cm     Bb           Ab         Fm Bb
We gonna have a good time,
    Eb              Ab         Eb     Bb   Bbsus2 Bb
and no ones gonna take that time away.
Fm      Cm       Bb           Eb      Ab Eb Bb Eb
You can stay as long as you like.

Chorus:
     Ab    Fm   Bb     Db                   Ab             Cm
So Close your eyes, you can close your eyes, its al - right.
Fm      Cm       Bb              Db                Ab           Cm
I don't know no love songs, and I can't sing the blues any - more.
    Fm    Eb          Ab       Fm      Eb        Ab     Bb        Cm
But I can sing this song; and you can sing this song, when I'm gone.

Outro: Eb Ab Bbsus2 Bb Eb Ab Fm Bb Eb
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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Album: Mud Slide Slim and the Blue...

From the same album
  1. You Can Close Your Eyes
  2. You’ve Got A Friend
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Biography

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single “Fire and Rain” and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with “You’ve Got a Friend”, a recording of Carole King’s classic song.

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