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Closing Time

Semisonic

 

Verse Strum: D   d   D   D U

             1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    d = unaccented strum

 

              *                   *

Chorus Strum: D       D   X X X X D   D   D U    * = change chord

              1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    X = muted strum

 

 

Chord Guide

      3    4

G:    3x0003

         132

D:    xx0232

        231

Am:   x02210

       32 1

C:    x32010

       1333

Bb:   x1333x

      134211

Ab:   466544

       1333

Eb:   x6888x

       13421

Cm:   x35543

 

 

Intro:   w/rhythm guitar only: 

            / G - - - / D - - - / Am - - - / C - - - /

            w/piano riff:

            / G - - - / D - - - / Am - - - / C - - - /  x2

 

w/piano riff:

G         D     Am               C

Closing time open all the doors and

G                 D          Am     C

Let you out into the world.

G         D     Am                C
Closing time turn all of the lights on over

G                    D      Am    C

every boy and every girl.

 

G         D      Am                  C
Closing time one last call for alcohol so

G              D              Am    C

finish your whiskey or beer.

G          D     Am                    C
Closing time you don't have to go home but you

G      D    Am      C

can't stay here.

Chorus:

G         D       Am                   C

I know who I want to take me home.

G         D       Am                   C
I know who I want to take me home.

G         D       Am                   C
I know who I want to take me home.

             G          D   Am   C
Take me home

 

w/piano riff:

G         D       Am                 C
Closing time, time for you to go out to the

G              D        Am     C

places you will be from.

G         D      Am                        C
Closing time, this room won't be open 'til your

G                     D        Am      C

brothers or you sisters come.

 

G                         D                 Am                C
So gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits

  G                    D        Am        C

I hope you have found a friend.

G         D       Am           C
Closing time, every new beginning comes from

G               D               Am    C

some other beginning's end.

Chorus

Bridge:

/ Bb - - - / Ab - - - / Eb - - - / Cm - - - / x3

/ G - - - / D - - - / Am - - - / C - - - /  x2

 

Solo:

/ G - - - / D - - - / Am - - - / C - - - /  x4


G          D    Am                  C

Closing time time for you to go out to the

G              D        Am (hold for 6 beats)

places you will be from

Chorus x2

Solo:

/ G - - - / D - - - / Am - - - / C - - - /  x3

 

w/piano riff:

G         D       Am           C
Closing time, every new beginning comes from

G               D               Am      C       G (hold)

some other beginning's end

 

 

 

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.