Cage the Elephant - Come a Little Closer

      

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 COME A LITTLE CLOSER - Cage the Elephant

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 Any Questions Please Ask!
 
 Tuning: Standard
 
 This is version of the song 'Come a Little Closer' song by Cage the Elephant!
 It is acoustic and it sounds right to me! For the actual video check out
 this video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMAcrpceso and let's do
 this!

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 I believe (don't quote me on this) that this song is in the key of C#m so the
 chords are as follows...

 My Strumming Pattern - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-|
 

 
 Chords -
 
 A F#m C#m E G#m 
      

 e|---5---|----2---|---4---|---0---|---4---|
 B|---5---|----2---|---5---|---0---|---4---|
 G|---6---|----2---|---6---|---1---|---4---|
 D|---7---|----4---|---6---|---2---|---6---|
 A|---7---|----4---|---4---|---2---|---6---|
 E|---5---|----2---|---4---|---0---|---4---|
 

 
 Intro - C#m, G#m, F#m, C#m
 
 C#m                           G#m   
 Time Shakes, found you at the water,
 
                      F#m                           C#m    
 At first you were my father, now I love you like a brother
 
 C#m                         G#m       
 Earthquakes, shake the dust behind you
 
                    F#m           
 The world at times will blind you
 
 C#m... E
 Still I know I see you there.
 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little closer then you'll see,
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m A
 Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Come a little closer, then you'll see.
 
 (Little fill here in the song after see)
 e|-----|
 B|-----|
 G|-----|
 D|-----|
 A|-----|
 E|-2-4-|
 
 C#m                                 G#m            
 Heartbreaks, the heavy world's upon your shoulders,
 
                 F#m             
 Will we burn on or just smolder?
 
                            C#m     
 Somehow I know I'll find you there.
 
 C#m                      G#m        F#m      
 Oooh, I wanna see if can change it, change it
 
 C#m... E
 Still I know I'll see you there.
 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little closer then you'll see,
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Things aren't always what they seem, to be,
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Do you understand, the things that you would see here?
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m A
 Do you understand, the things that you've been dreaming?
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Come a little closer, then you'll see.
 
 A (cont.) F#m C#m
 Come a little closer, then you'll see.
 
 F#m    
 Oh,(x8)
 
 A       
 Oh,(x32)
 
 C#m    F#m C#m F#m G#m 
 Ohhhhhh
 
 A             F#m          C#m        F#m G#m 
  Ten thousand people stand alone, now.
 
 A           F#m             C#m  
  And in the evening the sun sets,
 
 F#m      G#m     A    
 Tomorrow it will 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)
 
      F#m    C#m F#m      G#m    A  
 Time, Flies, By they all sang along
 
      F#m    C#m F#m      G#m    A  
 Time, Flies, By they all sang along
 
      F#m    C#m     F#m G#m 
 Time, Flies, Byyyyy, byyyyy
 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little closer then you'll see,
 
 C#m (cont.) A
 Come on, come on, come ooooon.
 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little 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--11h12-11-7-|
 E|------------------|
 

 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little closer then you'll see,
 
 A              F#m                C#m 
  Come a little closer then you'll see.

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 That's it! Work out your own strumming pattern or use the one I provided for

 the verse and the intro here it is - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-| It's that per
 

 chord! Just listen to the song to figure out your own pattern or hear mine!