Closer: Chainsmokers

CAPO on 1st FRET

Strum pattern 1: one D for each chord change
Strum pattern 2: D DD D DDD
Strum pattern 3: DDD DU DUD DDU

[Intro] strum pattern 1

C D Em D C D Em D

[verse 1] - strum pattern 2

C D Em
Hey, I was doing just fine just before I met you
D C D Em D
I drank too much and that's an issue but I'm okay
C D Em
Hey, you tell your friends it was nice to meet them
D C D Em D
But I hope I never see them again

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B|--3------3-3---3-0-0-----------3-3-----3-0-5------------------------|
G|---------------------2-2-0--------------------2-2-0-------4-2-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------0-2------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[verse 2] - strum pattern 2

C D

I know it breaks your heart

Em D C

Moved to the city in a broke down car and

D

Four years, no calls

Em D

Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar and

C D Em D

I can't stop

C D Em D

No, I can't stop

[pre-chorus] - strum pattern 3 (w/palm mute)



[chorus] - strum pattern 1 then strum pattern 3 (no palm mute)

e|--3--3--3-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3------10-7-----------------7-------|
B|---------------------------------------------10-8--------------10---|
G|---------------------------------------------------7---7-9----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[chorus] - strum pattern 1

C D Em D

So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover

C D

That I know you can't afford

Em D

Bite that tattoo on your shoulder

C D

Pull the sheets right off the corner

Em D

Of the mattress that you stole

C D

From your roommate back in Boulder

Em D

We ain't ever getting older

[chorus] - pattern 3 (no palm mute)

[bridge] - strum pattern 3 (no palm mute)

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G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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B|---11-13-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 strum pattern 2

C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older

[chorus] - strum pattern 1

C D Em
You, look as good as the day I met you
D C D Em D
I forget just why I left you, I was insane
C D Em
Stay, and play that Blink-182 song
D C D Em D
That we beat to death in Tuscon, okay

[bridge] - strum pattern 3 (no palm mute)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3------3-3---3-0-0-----------3-3-----3-0-5------------------------|
G|---------------------2-2-0--------------------2-2-0-------4-2-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------0-2------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 strum pattern 2

C D
I know it breaks your heart
Em D C
Moved to the city in a broke down car and
D
Four years, no calls
Em D
Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar and
C D Em D
I can't stop
C D Em D
No, I can't stop

[bridge] - strum pattern 3 (no palm mute)

e|--3--3--3-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3------10-7-----------------7-------|
B|---------------------------------------------10-8--------------10---|
G|---------------------------------------------------7---7-9----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

C D Em D
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
C D
That I know you can't afford
Em D
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
C D
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em D
Of the mattress that you stole
C D
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em D
We ain't ever getting older

[bridge] - strum pattern 3 (no palm mute)

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B|-9-11-11-9-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---11-13-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---11-9-9-11-11-9-9-13-13-9-9-11-11-9-9-11----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

strum pattern 2

C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older
C D Em D C D Em D
We ain't ever getting older

[chorus] - strum pattern 1

C D Em D
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
C D
That I know you can't afford
Em D
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
C D
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Em D
Of the mattress that you stole
C D
From your roommate back in Boulder
Em D
We ain't ever getting older
Em D
No we ain't ever getting older

[outro] - strum pattern 1

C D Em D C D Em D