Song: The closest thing to crazy
Artist: Katie Melua
Composer: Mike Batt
Album: Call off the search
Tabbed by: DJ 23rd Feb 2014
NOTE:
Katie Melua plays it in E without a capo,
but this tab is another alternative.
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
D = xx0232 Bm = x24432 (Em) = 0xxxxx
A = x02220 Bm/A = x04432 (Em/F#) = 2xxxxx
D/F# = 20023x F#m = 244222 Gm = 355333
G6 = 320030 A7sus4 = x02030 G/A = x00003
G = 320033 Bm9 = x24222 Bb = x13331
A7 = x02020 Em7 = 022030 Gsus4 = 355533
A7/E = 002020 A6 = x02222 Asus4 = x02230
D/A = x00232 Em = 022000 N.C. = No chords
(Chords in brackets are intended to be played
as passing bass notes only)
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Intro
[D] [A] [D/F#] [G6] [G] [D] [A] [A7]
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 1
[D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [D]
How can I think I'm standing strong-----,
[G6] [G] [D]
Yet feel the air be - neath my feet?
[D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
How can happiness feel so wrong?
[F#m] [A7] [D] [A] [A7]
How can misery feel so sweet?
Verse 2
[D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [D]
How can you let me watch you sleep-----,
[G6] [G] [D]
Then break my dreams the way you do?
[D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
How can I have got in so deep?
[F#m] [A7] [D] [A7]
Why did I fall in love with you?
Chorus
[A7sus4] [D] [D/A] [Bm9]
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been,
[Em7] [A6]
Feeling twenty two, acting seventeen,
[A] [D] [D/A] [Bm9]
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
[Em] ([Em])([Em/F#]) [Gm]
I was never crazy ...on my own,
[D] [D/A] [Bm]
And now I know-----------...
[G] [G/A] [Bb]
...That there's a link between the two,
[D] [D/A] [Bm]
Being close to craziness,
[A] [A7] [D] [A7/E]
And being close to you-----------!
[D/F#] [D] [Gsus4] [Gm]
| / / / /__/ | / / / / |
[D]
e|--2------2--------|------------------|
B|--3---------3-----|--/7---5---3---2--|
G|------2-----------|------------------|
D|--0---------------|--/7---5---4---2--|
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
/ = Slide notes up
Verse 3
[D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [D]
How can you make me fall a - part--------,
[G6] [G] [D]
Then break my fall with loving lies?
[D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
It's so easy to break a heart,
[F#m] [A7] [D] [A] [A7]
It's so easy to close your eyes
Verse 4
[D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [D]
How can you treat me like a child-------?
[G6] [G] [D]
Yet, like a child, I yearn for you!
[D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
How can anyone feel so wild?
[F#m] [A7] [D] [A7]
How can anyone feel so blue?
[A7sus4] [D] [D/A] [Bm9]
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been,
[Em7] [A6]
Feeling twenty two, acting seventeen,
[A] [D] [D/A] [Bm9]
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
[Em] ([Em])([Em/F#]) [Gm]
I was never crazy ...on my own,
[D] [D/A] [Bm]
And now I know-----------...
[G] [G/A] [Bb]
...That there's a link between the two,
[D] [D/A] [Bm]
Being close to craziness,
[A] [A7] [D] [D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
And being close to you--------...
Coda
[Asus4] [A] [D] [D/A] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G]
And being close to you - oo---oo-oo-oo,
[Asus4] N.C. [D]
And being close ...to ...you
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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below seven of the diagrams
D/F# G6 G Gsus4
<7 of 20> <2 of 42> <2 of 27> <3 of 20>
Em7 A6 Asus4
<6 of 49> <2 of 44> <2 of 21>
The remaining chord boxes can be the default first
option and don't need any reselecting
