Close to cathy — Clifford Mike

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# I've 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"

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Verse

I'm so close to Cathy I know just what she's dreaming of She always calls me up to tell me Every time she falls in love

Verse

Oh, I'm so close to Cathy I know her every tender sigh She loves to cry upon my shoulder Always for some other guy

Bridge

Oh, why can't she see The one true lasting love in her life Should be me

Verse

I'm so close to Cathy As close as anyone can be And I'll stay close to Cathy 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