Tony Orlando – Halfway To Paradise chords

Halfway To Paradise:Tony Orlando
#39 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1961.

INTRO: E B E

#1.
E         A       EI want to be your lover,
                            Bbut your friend is all I've stayed.
         E   E7     AI'm only halfway to paradise.
   E         B        ESo near, yet so far, away.

#2.
           E         A       EI long for your lips to kiss my lips,
                           Bbut just when I think they may,
            E   E7     Ayou lead me halfway to paradise,
   E         B       Eso near, yet so far away..mmm..

CHORUS:
B                            EBeing close to you is almost heaven.
    B                         EBut seeing you can do just so much.
   B                                  EIt hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure..
         Bbm            Gb        B     B7and that my heart is forbidden to tou...ch, so...

#3.
         E          A        EPut your sweet lips close to my lips,
                                       Band tell me that's where they're gonna stay.
              E   E7     ADon't lead me halfway to paradise,
A      E         B       EOh, so near, yet so far away. 

OUTRO:
   E         B       Eso near, yet so far away.
   E         B       Eso near, yet so far away.



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