JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Closer I Get to You" merupakan lagu Roberta Flack bersama Donny Hathaway yang dirilis pada 1977.
Lagu ini tergabung dalam album Roberta Flack yang berjudul Blue Lights in the Basement.
Lagu "The Closer I Get to You" menjadi satu-satunya karya duet dalam album tersebut.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Do What You Gotta Do - Roberta Flack
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Closer I Get to You" dari Roberta Flack.
[Intro]
G C Bm Em [Repeat x 3]
[Female Solo 1]
G C Bm Em
The closer I get to you
G C Bm Em
The more you make me see
G C Bm Em
By giving me all you've got
G C Bm Em
our love has captured me
[Male Solo 1]
C Bm
Over and over again
F/G G7 Cmaj7
I tried to tell myself that we
Bm
Could never be more than friends
F/G G7
And all the while inside
C Bm
I knew it was real
F D
The way you make me feel
[Female Solo 2]
G C Bm Em
Lying here next to you
G C Bm Em
Time just seems to fly
G C Bm Em
Needing you more and more
G C Bm Em
Let's give love a try
]Male Solo 2]
C Bm
Sweeter and sweeter love grows
F G C
And Heaven's there for those
Bm
Who fooled the tricks of time
F/G G7 Cmaj7
With the hearts of love they find
Bm F D
True love in a special way
[Female Solo 1]