The Closest Thing to Crazy — Katie Melua
Chords and lyrics for The Closest Thing to Crazy by Katie Melua (key of E).
Verse 1
This song is best played on an acoustic.
[E] [B] [E/F#] [A] [E/B] [B]
Verse 1: E B/F# E/G#
How can I think I'm standing strong,
Yet [A]feel the air beneath my [E]feet?
[C#m]How can happiness [C#M/B]feel so [A]wrong?
[G#m]How can misery [B9]feel so [E]sweet? [B]
Verse 2:E B/F# E/G#
How can you let me watch you sleep,
Then [A]break my dreams the way you [E]do?
[C#m]How can I have got in[C#m/B] so [A]deep?
[G#m]Why did I fall in [B9]love with [E]you?[B]
Chorus: E C#m
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling [F#m]twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the[E] nearest thing to crazy I have [C#m]ever known,
I was [F#m]never crazy [Am]on my own...
And [E]now I [C#m]know, that there's a [A]link between the [C]two,
[E]Being close to [C#m]craziness and being close [B]to[E] [B/F#][E/G#]you.[E][Am][Asus4]
Verse 3: E B/F# E/G#
How can you make me fall a---part
Then [A]break my fall with loving [E]lies?
[C#m]It's so easy to [C#m/B]break a [A]heart;
[G#m]It's so easy to[B9] close your [E]eyes.[B]
Verse 4: E B/F# E/G#
How can you treat me like a child
Yet [A]like a child I yearn for [E]you?
[C#m]How can anyone [C#m/B]feel so [A]wild?
[G#m]How can anyone [B9]feel so [E][B]blue?
Chorus: E C#m
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling [F#m]twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the[E] nearest thing to crazy I have [C#m]ever known,
I was [F#m]never crazy [Am]on my own...
And [E]now I [C#m]know, that there's a [A]link between the [C]two,
[E]Being close to [C#m]craziness and [B]being close to [E][C#m]you.
Outro: [A] And [B]being close to [E]you[C#m]
[A] And [A/B]being close to [E]you
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