Verse 1:
D G D A
I want to be your lover but your friend is all I’ve stayed
D G D A D
I’m only halfway to paradise so near yet so far away
Verse 2:
D G D A
I long for your lips to kiss my lips but just when I think they may
D G D A D
You lead me halfway to paradise so near yet so far away
Bridge:
A D A
Bein’ close to you is almost heaven but seein’
D
you can do just so much
A D
It hurts me so to know your heart’s a treasure
Bm E A A7
and that my heart is forbidden to touch
Verse 3:
D G D
So put your sweet lips close to my lips and tell me that’s
A
where they’re gonna stay
D G D A D
Don’t lead me halfway to paradise mmm, so near yet so far away
G D A D
So near, yet so far away
G D A D
Ooh ooh So near, yet so far away
G D A D
Yes yes So near, yet so far away
