The Kinks – Close To The Wire (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm C Dm C [Verse 1]
Dm
A hopeful adventure, got missionary ways

 G7                       Dm          C
Could start in the jungle feel this way

Dm
Search for an answer over land and over sea

 G7                       Dm          C
All the mountains of promised opportunities

G                                  Em
I cried out but you were lost in a corporate position

   C                                Bm
So money's the solution curing all that ails the nation

    G                                      Em
But what about the hearts of man, the spiritual needs

    C                              Bm
I'm staring at the starlight and I just can't quite believe
That I'm [Chorus]
G           F
Lost in the fire

   Em           C
So close to the wire

G         F
Got to survive

   Em           C      D#
So close to the wire
[Verse 2]
Dm
The soul needs attention like the body needs to breathe

 G7                        Dm         C
But banks want investment so who are we

Dm
Cultures are dying but gold reserves are safe

 G7                       Dm          C
Can't live in this jungle but can't escape

F#                                Bm                A
Whatever happened to the dreams we shared together

F#                       Bm                         A
A taste of wine, a moonlight song that lasts forever
[Chorus]
G           F
Lost in the fire

   Em           C
So close to the wire

G         F
Got to survive

   Em           C      D#
So close to the wire

Dm
Feel the expectation written in the ways

 G7                       Dm          C
Each move of a man give away
[Verse 3]
Dm
You look good to me sat in your ministry position

 G7                       Dm          C
An image for the masses making serious decisions

Dm
Talk about, sham about for all the world to see

 G7                       Dm          C
Your rhetoric's a quiz game and a mystery to me
[Chorus]
G           F
Lost in the fire

   Em           C
So close to the wire

G         F
Got to survive

   Em           C      D#
So close to the wire