CLIFFORD MIKE - "close to cathy" Tablature

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:45:42 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: c/clifford_mike/close_to_cathy.crd

I've never much cared for this 1962 weeper from Mike Clifford, but I'm
including it at AAA anyway for historical reasons: the chord progression -
specifially the chromatically descending bass line over minor-6ths and
half-diminisheds - is an uncanny foreshadowing of the Beach Boys' 'God Only
Knows' from four years later.

"Close To Cathy"
(E. Shuman - B. Goodman)

Intro:

E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

E B/D#
I'm so close to Cathy
Ddim A/C#
I know just what she's dreaming of
Am6/C E/B A#m7-5
She always calls me up to tell me
A B G#m7 G7 F#m7 B7
Every time she falls in love

Verse 2:

Oh, I'm so close to Cathy
I know her every tender sigh
She loves to cry upon my shoulder
A B E
Always for some other guy

Bridge:

Am7 D7 G
Oh, why can't she see
F#m7 B7 F#m7 B7 F#m7
The one true lasting love in her life
B7
Should be me

Verse 3:

I'm so close to Cathy
As close as anyone can be
Am6/C E/B
And I'll stay close to Cathy
A#m7-5 Am6 G#m7 C#m7 F#m7 B7 E
Hoping someday she'll feel close to me

[orchestral break over verse 1 chords]

[repeat verse 3]

[orchestral break over verse 1 chords; fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers