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[Verse 1]
Em
 You took a part of me that I really miss
Em
 I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
    A7                                                            Em
You told yourself a lie; that's all right mama, I told myself one too
    B7                           A7                             Em
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 2]
Em
 You took the silver, you took the gold
Em
 You left me standing out in the cold 
A7                                                     Em
 People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew
         B7                            A7                         Em
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 3]
Em
 I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Em
 Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
A7                                         Em
Did so many things I never did intend to do
         B7                            A7                         Em
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 4]
             Em
I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low
  Em
I need every bit of it for the places that I go
A7                                            Em
 Sometimes I wonder just what it's all coming to
         B7                            A7                         Em
Well I'm tryin' to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you

[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
       Em
Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink
Em
 Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think
          A7                                        Em
Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who
          B7                          A7                          Em
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 6]
         Em
Yes, the last thing you said before you hit the street
Em
 "Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
                     A7                                       Em
I said, "That's all right mama, you ... you do what you gotta do"
          B7                        A7                         Em
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer; I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 7]
Em
Rock me, pretty baby, rock me all at once
Em
Rock me for a little while, rock me for a couple of bucks
A7                        Em
        And I'll rock you too
    B7                           A7                         Em
I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

[Verse 8]
              Em
Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard
Em
 I'm sitting here listening to every mind-polluting word
       A7                                                Em
I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two
         B7                           A7                         Em
Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

[Outro]
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(fade out)