Clifford Mike - Close To Cathy guitar tab

never much cared for this 1962 weeper from Mike Clifford, but I'm

including it at AAA anyway for historical reasons: the chord progression -

specifially the chromatically descending bass line over minor-6ths and

half-diminisheds - is an uncanny foreshadowing of the Beach Boys' 'God Only

Knows' from four years later.

"Close To Cathy"

(E. Shuman - B. Goodman)

Intro:

E

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

E B/D#

I'm so close to Cathy

E7/D A/C#

I know just what she's dreaming of

Am6/C E/B A#m7-5

She always calls me up to tell me

A B G#m7 G7 F#m7 B7

Every time she falls in love

Verse 2:

Oh, I'm so close to Cathy

I know her every tender sigh

She loves to cry upon my shoulder

A B E

Always for some other guy

Bridge:

Am7 D7 G

Oh, why can't she see

F#m7 B7 F#m7 B7 F#m7

The one true lasting love in her life

B7

Should be me

Verse 3:

I'm so close to Cathy

As close as anyone can be

Am6/C E/B

And I'll stay close to Cathy

A#m7-5 Am6 G#m7 C#m7 F#m7 B7 E

Hoping someday she'll feel close to me

[orchestral break over verse 1 chords]

[repeat verse 3]

[orchestral break over verse 1 chords; fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers