NIKI – Close To You chords

[Verse 1]

     EThe flowers of the new and laughter of the past 
         F#                  G#mThey're beautiful like you, beauty unsurpassed
EGone with a whisper, you fall asleep like death
F#                           BBreaking through the earth, your smile shines again

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]

  EMy empty gratitude, another empty thank you
   F#                         G#I finally learnt regret from words I've always said
     ENever meant to speak to hurt, yet it hurt to put in words
F#                        G#m              F#Goodbye wherever you are, goodbye unbroken heart

[Pre-Chorus]

  C#m                        BIn truth I want to feel, the truth I want to see
                                    F#I'm trying to embrace your drifting heart and smile

[Chorus]

           E                                    F#Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes
                  D#m                                         G#mI keep on looking forward at you, hoping that your light will never pass me by
                  E                                    F#I wonder what the stars that sparkle in your eyes are hiding from my mind
                G#m                      F#Hiding from my open heart and from your open heart
                  E                                   F#Together, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
                 D#m                                    G#m               F#As long as I can hold your hand again and again, forever, I will find my way
              E                                  F#You may never answer back my call, but you smile back at me with grace
                G#m                             F#And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
        E                F#What I see will melt all away
         BWith my tears

[Verse 3]

   EA shape of broken line will never be the same
      F#                       G#m      F#It'll never find new life as a body of remains
   Emaj7               EA soul without a form, endlessly it'll chase
    F#            B      Bm           BBut will my broken heart find another place?

[Pre-Chorus]

   C#m                       D#m7In truth I want to feel, the truth I'll never see
     E                            F#I'm trying to erase how far we've walked in miles

[Chorus]

           E                                         F#Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears as I look up at the sky
                   D#m                                    G#mI keep on looking forward at it hoping that I'll find you soon enough in time
                 E                                 F#I wonder if the stars that sparkle in my eyes will eventually subside
               G#mHiding from my endless heartbeat, from my endless heartbeat
                  E                                  F#Together, you and I will always be alive, committed, close to you I'll stay
                 D#m                                        G#mAs long as I can hold your hand again and again, then maybe I will find a way
             E                                  F#I can never travel back in time, but they smile back at me, those days
               G#m                              F#And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
        E                F#What I see will melt all away
        BWith my tears

[Bridge]

EReplaying time again, replaying time again
G#m                   F#Repeating time again, repeating time again
EReflected in my heart, reflected in my heart
F#Your never ending laughter


Spoken: Papyrus...

             E onceWhenever I begin to feel the burning tears...


[Ending]

Key Change:

F                                    GCan't you feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes?
                  Em                                      AmI keep on looking forward at you hoping that in time your light will pass me by
               F                                   GNow I know the stars that sparkle in your eyes are guiding me to light
              AmGuiding to my open heart and to your open heart
                  F                                  GTogether, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
                Em                                          AmTime will never hold my tears or hold my feelings down they pour like silent rain
               F                                 GAll the colors forming back the life I knew when all remained the same
              Am                          GSomehow in a finite time, this time I'll find my way out
       F                      GAnd I see I've barely reached you
          CAnd your heart