Come A Little Closer - Cage the Elephant
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Tuning: , E A D G B E
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COME A LITTLE CLOSER - Cage the Elephant
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Tabbed by: BittersweetDays
Tuning: Standard
This is a live acoustic version of the song 'Come a Little Closer' by Cage the Elephant.
It was pulled from this live rooftop session:
https://vimeo.com/78415215
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EDIT - these are just chords, and the chord progression. In the actual song,
Lincoln Parish noodles around on the chords.
e|--------4
B|----5----
G|------6--
D|--6------
A|---------
E|---------
-----4-----4--
-5-----5-----5
---6-----6----
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-6-|------4---
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---4-----4----
4----4-----4--
--4----4-----4
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e|--------2
B|----2----
G|------2--
D|--4------
A|---------
E|---------
-----2-----2--
-2-----2-----2
---2-----2----
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-2-|------6---
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5----4~--2--4-
--6-----------
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2--|
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Strumming Patt
ern - |-d-du-u
du-udu-udu-|
Key: C#m
Chords -
e|---5---|----
B|---5---|----
G|---6---|----
D|---7---|----
A|---7---|----
E|---5---|----
2---|---4---|-
2---|---5---|-
2---|---6---|-
4---|---6---|-
4---|---4---|-
2---|---4---|-
--0---|---4---
--0---|---4---
--1---|---4---
--2---|---6---
--2---|---6---
--0---|---4---
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Intro - C#m, G#m, F#m, C#m
Time Shakes, f
ound you at th
e water,
At first you w
ere my father,
now I love yo
u like a broth
er
Earthquakes, s
hake the dust
behind you
The world at t
imes will blin
d you
C#m... E
Still I know I see you there.
Come a littl
e closer then
you'll see,
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Things aren't
always what th
ey seem, to be
,
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Do you underst
and, the thing
s that you wou
ld see here?
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Do you underst
and, the thing
s that you've
been dreaming?
(
Come a littl
e closer, then
you'll see.
(Little fill h
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-2-4-|
ere in the son
g after 'see',
see reference
video)
Heartbreaks, t
he heavy world
's upon your s
houlders,
Will we burn o
n or just smol
der?
Somehow I know
I'll find you
#
there.
Oooh, I wanna
see if can cha
nge it, change
it
C#m... E
Still I know I'll see you there.
Come a littl
e closer then
you'll see,
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Things aren't
always what th
ey seem, to be
,
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Do you underst
and, the thing
s that you wou
ld see here?
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
(
Do you underst
and, the thing
s that you've
been dreaming?
(
Come a littl
e closer, then
you'll see.
(
Come a littl
e closer, then
you'll see.
Oh,(x8)
Oh,(x32)
Ohhhhhh
Ten thousand
people stand
alone, now.
And in the e
#
vening the sun
sets,
Tomorrow it wi
ll 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)
Time, Flies,
By they al
l sang along
Time, Flies,
By they al
l sang along
Time, Flies,
Byyyyy, b
yyyyy
Come a littl
e closer then
you'll see,
(
Come on, come
on, come ooooo
n.
Come a littl
e 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
E|------------
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-11-7-|
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Come a littl
e closer then
you'll see,
Come a littl
e closer then
you'll see.
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