INTRO: Bm

        C               G        D     Em
I never had a friend as close as you
   C           G      D   Em
So close to my heart
          C               G        D        Em
I dropped everything when you came through
   C           G      D    Dsus4
So close to my heart
             Bb          D          A     Bm
And I put my pens and my paint box aside
      G             D      A   Dsus4
Ohh, so close to my heart
                   Bb           D          A     
And the river that ran down the rock face, dried
Bm      G           D      A   Bm
Ohh, so close to my heart
              G           D     A   Bm  C  G  D  Bm
When you were close to my heart___


          C               G      D     Em
It was an honour that you ran so free
   C           G      D   Em
So close to my heart
              C                 G           D    Em
I thought I'd lost something forever, silly me
   C           G      D   Dsus4
So close to my heart
                  Bb      D          A     Bm
But the place you hid in, as bare as it seems
      G             D      A   Dsus4
Ohh, so close to my heart
           Bb          D        A     
It held my will in its infinite dreams
Bm    G             D      A   Bm
Ohh, so close to my heart
              G           D     A   Bm  C  G  D  Bm  C  G  D  Bm
When you were close to my heart___


              C                  G             D     Em
So now you're gone and now we'll both find our ways
   C            G       D   Em
So close to our hearts
       C                  G              D    Em
By the forge that leaves a stamp on each day
   C            G       D   Dsus4
So close to our hearts
                  Bb         D             A      Bm
And we'll long to make great things in our lives
      G             D        A   Dsus4
Ohh, so close to our hearts
          Bb                D       A     
And we'll wonder if what we make survives
Bm      G               D      A   Bm
Ohh, to the beat of the heart
         G           D      A  C
It's the work of the heart
                         G     D   A
But you were close to my heart___