Come A Little Closer - Cage the Elephant


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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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---|--------4-
---|----4-----
-6-|------4---
---|--6-------
---|----------
---|----------

             
---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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---|--------4-
---|----5-----
-2-|------6---
---|--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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