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I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

by Dusty Springfield

Written by: Clive Westlake

I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Clive Westlake Dusty Springfield Dm Am Dm ^It | (is^n't^the) way yy that^you | look kk kk And^it | (is^n't^the) way yy that^you | Am F6 Dm | talk kk kk ~ ^It | (is^n't^the) things ss that^you | say^or do oo Make^me | E7 Am | want you^so oo oo | / / / It^is | Dm Am Dm ||: ^no thing ^to do with^the | wine ee ee Or^the | ^mu sic thats^flood ing ^my | ||: ^strang ers ^a mo ment^a | go oo oo With^a | ^few dreams but^noth ing ^to | Am F6 Dm | mind dd dd ~ ^And | (nev^er^be) fore / have^I | been^so sure / You're^the | | show ww ww ~ ^The | (world^was^a) place / with^a | frown^on=its face / And^to | Bm7-5 E7 slower | some^one ~ ^I dreamed I^would | find dd dd dd | dd dd / Its^the | | mor^row ~ ^was just I^dont | know ww ww ww | ww ww / But^the | A D E7 | way you ^make me ^feel | ll ~ The^mo ment ^I.|.I..I^am close to | | way you ^make me ^feel | ll ~ The^mo ment ^I.|.I..I^am close to | A D E7 | yo^u uu uu It's^a | feel ing ^so un ^real | ll ~ Some^how I ^cant | tt t^be lieve its | | yo^u uu uu Makes^the | day seem ^so un ^real | ll ~ Some^how I ^cant | tt t^be lieve its | C#7 F#m C# | tr^ue ee ee ~ ^The | ^pound ing ^I feel in^my | heart tt tt ~ ^The | | tr^ue ee ee ~ ^To | ^mor row ^will you still^be | here ee ee ~ ^To | D A Bb | ^ho ping ^that we'll nev^er | part tt tt ~ ^I | cant t^be lieve this^is | | ^mor row ^will come but^I | fear rr rr ~ ^That | what t^is hap pning^to | F G A | real ly ^hap pning ^to | me ee ee ee | ee ee ee ee | | me is ^on ly ^a | dream mm mm mm | mm mm mm mm | Am Am7 F Dm | / ~ ^I Close^My yy | Eyes ~ And^Count To ^Ten | nn n^and when^I..I | E Am Am7 | (op en them) (you are still) | here ~ I^close my ^eyes | ss s^and^count a ^gain | F Dm E7-4 E7 1. | nn ~ I^cant be ^lieve | e^e it^but you^re sti^ll | here ee ee We^were :|| F Dm E7 Am 2. | nn ~ I^cant be ^lieve | e^e it^but you^re sti^ll | here ~ I^Close^My ~ ^Eyes | Am7 F Dm E7 | ss ~ And^Count^To ~ ^Ten | nn ~ And^when^I ~ ^o | o^o pen^them youre st^ill | Am | here ee ee ee | ee ee ee ee ||

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I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten is performed by Dusty Springfield and written by Clive Westlake. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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