Supposed to be Close to Me
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: Another Sleepless Nap by Henning Ohlenbusch
https://youtu.be/EtqGvSBgnUU


Note: Played with Capo on the Fourth fret. Chords are listed as their chord shape with that capo.
If you don't want to use a capo, transpose, or play it in this lower key:

[instrumental intro]
Em - Am - F - Fm
Em - Am - F - Fm

[verse]
Em    Am               F
The eclipse behind the clouds
Em       Am                F   Em
Spread a coolness over our backyard
      Am                      F    Em Dm
And I turned to you but you’d gone inside
Am        Em         Am        F
Don't you want to be here with me?
        Em                Am     F
Are you here with me? You oughta be.


[verse]
Em      Am            F
So the afternoon fell down
Em       Am                        F      Em
If there were peepers, they didn’t make a sound
      Am             F   Em Dm     
And I hate to be the one to say it 
    Am        Em          Am       F
but you're supposed to be close to me 
        Em                    Am        F      G
Are you close to me? You’re supposed to be


[verse2]
C        G             F
I’d been living with a ghost
C        G           F
Familiar shadow in a room
C         G               F
I gave it everything I’ve got
Fm      Em       Am - F - Fm 
Or so I thought


[verse]
Em      Am                F
And the silent days glide by
Em          Am             F      Em
Canoes on a lake beneath a morning sky
       Am                         F  Em  Dm  
But no change would come with the rising sun
    Am       Em         Am               F
And when the day is done I could been anyone
           Em     Am              F      G
I could be anyone when the day is done.


[verse2]
C        G            F
Maybe I had been the ghost.
C           G               F
A piece of furniture in the room
C         G               F
I gave it everything I've got
Fm      Em       
Or so I thought

Em - Am - F - Fm
Em - Am - C 

[bridge]
F          C            F                              C
Maybe my greatest fault is all the presumptions that I make
F        C C/B    Am 
Maybe you stepped away
G                      F
Cause you took all that you could take
F        C                F                 C
Maybe my claim to fame is not accepting any blame
F             C  C/B Am
Maybe you had gone inside
G                 F
Just for a little peace and quiet

Em      Am              F  Em     Dm   
Cause I always kill the moment by saying
Am       Em          Am        F
You’re supposed to be close to me
         Em        Am                   F
Are you close to me? You’re supposed to be
Fm      Em  
Or so I thought

[instrumental outro]
Em - Am - F - Fm
Em - Am - C