Biography:
John McLaughlin (b. 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English jazz- and jazz-fusion guitarist and composer.
Born on 4th January 1942 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he played with Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra performed a technically virtuosic and complex style of music that fused eclectic jazz and rock with eastern and Indian influences.
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So Close - John Mclaughlin
Chords by: LeaChim
Edited by giloy_4play
Intro:
Eadd9 | G#m7 | C#m7 | CM7 – C6
Emaj | Aadd9/C# - B/D# | Emaj
Eadd9 - Eadd9/D# - Aadd9/C# - Eadd9
You’re in my arms
Esus4 – A6/E - B6/E Eadd9
And all the world is calm
A6 - B6 - G#m/C# - B6 - Amaj7
The music playing on for only two
B/A - G#m7 - A6
So close together
Bsus4 - Bmaj
And when I’m with you
B/A - G#m7 - F#add9/A#- Bsus4 - B - Badd9
So close to feeling alive
B - Aadd9/C# - Eadd9
A life goes by
A6 - B6 - Eadd9
Romantic dreams will stop
A6 - B6 – G#m/C# - B6 - Amaj7
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
B/A - G#m7 - A6
So close was waiting,
Bsus4 - Bmaj
waiting here with you
B/A - G#m7 - F#add9/A#- - F#madd9/B - F#m/B – Esus4/B – G#m/B
And now forever I know All
A6 - F#m7 - B6 B/A
that I wanted to hold you
D#m7/G#
So close
bass(D# - D) - C#
C#/B A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
So close to reaching that famous happy end
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
Almost believing this was not pretend
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - Ddim - D#m7 - G#7
now you’re beside me and look how far we’ve come
F#/C# - C# - |F# - F#sus4 |F#(brk)
So far we are so close
Instrumental:
F# - C#/F – B/D# |F# C#/F – B/D#
|F#/C# G#/C B6 |A E/G# - D/F#
|A/E B/D# Bdim/D |A/C# E/D - D
|A/E E |F# B - Cdim
|F#/C# C# |F# F#maj7
D#m7 - C#6 - B - F#add9/A#
Oh How could I face the faceless days
D#m7 - F7/A - Bbsus4 – Bb (Bb-B-C-) C#
If I should lose you now?
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
We’re so close to reaching that famous happy end
C#/B -A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
almost believing this was not pretend
C#/B - A#m7 - B - Cdim - F#/C# - Ddim - D#m7 - C#6 – G#/C
Let’s go on dreaming for we know we are
F#/C#
So close
C#
So close
F# - C#/F - D#m -
And still so far
Ending: D6maj7 - F#
Chords by: LeaChim
Edited by giloy_4play
Intro:
Eadd9 | G#m7 | C#m7 | CM7 – C6
Emaj | Aadd9/C# - B/D# | Emaj
Eadd9 - Eadd9/D# - Aadd9/C# - Eadd9
You’re in my arms
Esus4 – A6/E - B6/E Eadd9
And all the world is calm
A6 - B6 - G#m/C# - B6 - Amaj7
The music playing on for only two
B/A - G#m7 - A6
So close together
Bsus4 - Bmaj
And when I’m with you
B/A - G#m7 - F#add9/A#- Bsus4 - B - Badd9
So close to feeling alive
B - Aadd9/C# - Eadd9
A life goes by
A6 - B6 - Eadd9
Romantic dreams will stop
A6 - B6 – G#m/C# - B6 - Amaj7
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
B/A - G#m7 - A6
So close was waiting,
Bsus4 - Bmaj
waiting here with you
B/A - G#m7 - F#add9/A#- - F#madd9/B - F#m/B – Esus4/B – G#m/B
And now forever I know All
A6 - F#m7 - B6 B/A
that I wanted to hold you
D#m7/G#
So close
bass(D# - D) - C#
C#/B A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
So close to reaching that famous happy end
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
Almost believing this was not pretend
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - Ddim - D#m7 - G#7
now you’re beside me and look how far we’ve come
F#/C# - C# - |F# - F#sus4 |F#(brk)
So far we are so close
Instrumental:
F# - C#/F – B/D# |F# C#/F – B/D#
|F#/C# G#/C B6 |A E/G# - D/F#
|A/E B/D# Bdim/D |A/C# E/D - D
|A/E E |F# B - Cdim
|F#/C# C# |F# F#maj7
D#m7 - C#6 - B - F#add9/A#
Oh How could I face the faceless days
D#m7 - F7/A - Bbsus4 – Bb (Bb-B-C-) C#
If I should lose you now?
C#/B - A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
We’re so close to reaching that famous happy end
C#/B -A#m7 - B - F#/C# - C#
almost believing this was not pretend
C#/B - A#m7 - B - Cdim - F#/C# - Ddim - D#m7 - C#6 – G#/C
Let’s go on dreaming for we know we are
F#/C#
So close
C#
So close
F# - C#/F - D#m -
And still so far
Ending: D6maj7 - F#
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