Biography:
Grand Funk Railroad is an American hard rock band that formed in 1969 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Known for iconic rock hits such as the number ones "We're An American Band" and "The Loco-Motion", the band initially consisted of Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Mel Schacher (bass) and Don Brewer (drums), with Craig Frost (keyboards) joining in 1972. During their career, the group has released 14 studio albums and their career sales total over 25 million records sold, including 10 million records sold in 1970 alone.
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Other songs:
- Some Kind Of Wonderful
- The Locomotion
- Anybodys Answer
- Are You Ready
- Bad Time
- Black Licorice
- Cant Be Too Long
- Closer To Home
- Creepin
- Footstompin Music
- Heartbreaker
- I Dont Have To Sing The Blues
- Im Your Captain
- Im Your Captain Closer To Home
- Mean Mistreater
- Mr Limousine Driver
- Rock And Roll Soul
- Sally
- The Loco
- To Get Back In
- Were An American Band
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I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner, 1970)
Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME in 'D' and 'F'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ ---------------
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E
Ca9 - x 3 2 0 3 0 C G-C-D-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 3 3
Dm - x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F
A# - x 1 3 3 3 1 A# A#-D-F
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
A7 - x 0 2 0 2 0 A A-C#-E-G -OR-
- x 0 2 2 2 3
PART I - 'I'm Your Captain'
===========================
INTRO: [14 M]
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NC…
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB -
D Ds2 D Ca9 D Ds2 D Ca9
e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
B|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|
D|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
Ev-'ry-
VERSE #1: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB ('Ds2' not shown below for simplicity) -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-bo-… dy,… lis-ten to… me… and re-turn… me… my…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
ship… I'm your cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… ing… migh-ty sick… I've been
VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
lost… now,… days un-count-… ed… It's been months… since… I've… seen
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
home… Can you hear… me?… Can you hear… me,… or…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
… am I… all a-lone… If you re-
VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-turn… me… to my home… port,… I will kiss… you,… moth-… er
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
earth… Take me back… now,… take me back,… now,… to the
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
port… of my birth…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
BRIDGE: [28 M]
------ KEY = 'F'
?
|D |D |D |D |Dm |A# |
Am I in… my ca-… bin dream-… ing,…
|Dm |A# |Dm |
… or are… you real-… ly schem-… ing… to take… my
|A# |F |A7 |Dm |
ship… a-… way… from… me?… You'd bet-… ter
|A# |Dm |A# |
think… a-bout… it… I just… can't live… with-out… it,…
|Dm |A# |F |A7 |
… so please… don't take… my… ship… from… me… Yeah,… yeah,…
RE-INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') -
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|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
yeah…
** Play 'VERSE' TAB -
|D Ds2 D Ca9 |D Ds2 D Ca9 |
I can
VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel… the hand… of a stran-… ger,… and it's tight-… 'ning… 'round my
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
throat… Hea-ven, help… me,… hea-ven, help… me… Take this
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
stran-… ger… from my boat… I'm your
VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… in'… might-… y… sick… Ev-'ry-bo-… dy,… lis-ten
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
to… me,… and re-turn… me… my… ship… I'm your
REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
PART II - 'Closer To Home'
==========================
REFRAIN #1: [28 M]
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|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home,… oh…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
…
SOLO: [16 M]
----
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X -
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|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
** NOTE: Grand Funk plays this line 16 times with a great strings track
before the fade-out, but you can end it after you've played it
as many times as you want by holding the 'D' after the 'Ca9'.
Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME in 'D' and 'F'.
Chords Used:
-----------
GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ ---------------
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E
Ca9 - x 3 2 0 3 0 C G-C-D-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 3 3
Dm - x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F
A# - x 1 3 3 3 1 A# A#-D-F
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
A7 - x 0 2 0 2 0 A A-C#-E-G -OR-
- x 0 2 2 2 3
PART I - 'I'm Your Captain'
===========================
INTRO: [14 M]
-----
NC…
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB -
D Ds2 D Ca9 D Ds2 D Ca9
e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
B|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|
D|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
Ev-'ry-
VERSE #1: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB ('Ds2' not shown below for simplicity) -
--------
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-bo-… dy,… lis-ten to… me… and re-turn… me… my…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
ship… I'm your cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… ing… migh-ty sick… I've been
VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
--------
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
lost… now,… days un-count-… ed… It's been months… since… I've… seen
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
home… Can you hear… me?… Can you hear… me,… or…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
… am I… all a-lone… If you re-
VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
--------
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-turn… me… to my home… port,… I will kiss… you,… moth-… er
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
earth… Take me back… now,… take me back,… now,… to the
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
port… of my birth…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
BRIDGE: [28 M]
------ KEY = 'F'
?
|D |D |D |D |Dm |A# |
Am I in… my ca-… bin dream-… ing,…
|Dm |A# |Dm |
… or are… you real-… ly schem-… ing… to take… my
|A# |F |A7 |Dm |
ship… a-… way… from… me?… You'd bet-… ter
|A# |Dm |A# |
think… a-bout… it… I just… can't live… with-out… it,…
|Dm |A# |F |A7 |
… so please… don't take… my… ship… from… me… Yeah,… yeah,…
RE-INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') -
--------
|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
yeah…
** Play 'VERSE' TAB -
|D Ds2 D Ca9 |D Ds2 D Ca9 |
I can
VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel… the hand… of a stran-… ger,… and it's tight-… 'ning… 'round my
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
throat… Hea-ven, help… me,… hea-ven, help… me… Take this
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
stran-… ger… from my boat… I'm your
VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
--------
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… in'… might-… y… sick… Ev-'ry-bo-… dy,… lis-ten
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
to… me,… and re-turn… me… my… ship… I'm your
REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
PART II - 'Closer To Home'
==========================
REFRAIN #1: [28 M]
----------
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home,… oh…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
…
SOLO: [16 M]
----
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X -
----------
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
** NOTE: Grand Funk plays this line 16 times with a great strings track
before the fade-out, but you can end it after you've played it
as many times as you want by holding the 'D' after the 'Ca9'.
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