CAGE THE ELEPHANT - COME A LITTLE CLOSER CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COME A LITTLE CLOSER - Cage the Elephant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDIT - these are just chords, and the chord progression. In the actual song, Lincoln Parish noodles around on the chords. C#m G#m e|--------4-----4-----4-----|--------4----4-----4----| B|----5-----5-----5-----5---|----4-----4----4-----4--| G|------6-----6-----6-----6-|------4-----4----4-----4| D|--6-----------------------|--6---------------------| A|--------------------------|------------------------| E|--------------------------|------------------------| F#m C#m e|--------2-----2-----2-----|--------4------------------| B|----2-----2-----2-----2---|----5-----5----4~--2--4-2--| G|------2-----2-----2-----2-|------6-----6--------------| [Repeat for D|--4-----------------------|--6------------------------| Verses] A|--------------------------|---------------------------| E|--------------------------|---------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strumming Pattern - |-d-du-udu-udu-udu-| Key: C#m 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#mTime Shakes, found you at the ^G#mwater, At first you were my ^F#mfather, now I love you like a ^C#mbrother

^C#mEarthquakes, shake the dust ^G#mbehind you The world at times ^F#mwill blind you

C#m... E Still I know I see you there.

^A Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee, 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', see reference video] e|-----| B|-----| G|-----| D|-----| A|-----| E|-2-4-|

^C#mHeartbreaks, the heavy world's upon ^G#myour shoulders, Will we burn on ^F#mor just smolder?

Somehow I know I'll find yo^C#mu there. ^C#mOooh, I wanna see if can ^G#mchange it, ^F#mchange it

C#m... E Still I know I'll see you there.

^A Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee, 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#mOh,[x8] ^AOh,[x32]

^C#mOhhhhhh ^F#m ^C#m ^F#m ^G#m ^A Ten thousand ^F#mpeople stand ^C#malone, now. ^F#m ^G#m

^A And in the ^F#mevening the sun ^C#msets, ^F#mTomorrow ^G#mit will ^Arise.

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,^F#m Flies,^C#m By ^F#mthey all ^G#msang al^Aong Time,^F#m Flies,^C#m By ^F#mthey all ^G#msang al^Aong

Time,^F#m Flies,^C#m Byyyyy,^F#m byy^G#myyy ^A Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee,

C#m [cont.] A Come on, come on, come ooooon.

^A Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee, [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 Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee, ^A Come a little ^F#mcloser then you'll ^C#msee.

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Cage the Elephant - Come a little closer