I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner, 1970)
Tabbed/Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME in 'D' and 'F'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E
Ca9 - x 3 2 0 3 0 C G-C-D-E -OR-
- x 3 2 0 3 3
Dm - x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F
A# - x 1 3 3 3 1 A# A#-D-F
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
A7 - x 0 2 0 2 0 A A-C#-E-G -OR-
- x 0 2 2 2 3
PART I - 'I'm Your Captain'
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INTRO: [14 M]
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NC…
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---2---|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-1-0---|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----4-----0-2---------|--7-----5-----4-----0-2-4---4-2-|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-------------|0-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
'VERSE' Rhythm Guitar TAB -
D Ds2 D Ca9 D Ds2 D Ca9
e|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|2---2-0---2---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
B|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|3---3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---|
G|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2---0---0---0-0-0-0---|
D|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|0---0-0---0---2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|--------------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + - 1 - + - 2 - + - 3 - + - 4 - + -
Ev-'ry-
VERSE #1: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB ('Ds2' not shown below for simplicity) -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-bo-… dy,… lis-ten to… me… and re-turn… me… my…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
ship… I'm your cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… ing… migh-ty sick… I've been
VERSE #2: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
lost… now,… days un-count-… ed… It's been months… since… I've… seen
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
home… Can you hear… me?… Can you hear… me,… or…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
… am I… all a-lone… If you re-
VERSE #3: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-turn… me… to my home… port,… I will kiss… you,… moth-… er
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
earth… Take me back… now,… take me back,… now,… to the
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
port… of my birth…
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
BRIDGE: [28 M]
------ KEY = 'F'
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|D |D |D |D |Dm |A# |
Am I in… my ca-… bin dream-… ing,…
|Dm |A# |Dm |
… or are… you real-… ly schem-… ing… to take… my
|A# |F |A7 |Dm |
ship… a-… way… from… me?… You'd bet-… ter
|A# |Dm |A# |
think… a-bout… it… I just… can't live… with-out… it,…
|Dm |A# |F |A7 |
… so please… don't take… my… ship… from… me… Yeah,… yeah,…
RE-INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') -
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|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
yeah…
** Play 'VERSE' TAB -
|D Ds2 D Ca9 |D Ds2 D Ca9 |
I can
VERSE #4: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel… the hand… of a stran-… ger,… and it's tight-… 'ning… 'round my
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
throat… Hea-ven, help… me,… hea-ven, help… me… Take this
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
stran-… ger… from my boat… I'm your
VERSE #5: [9 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… I'm your cap-… tain,… though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel-… in'… might-… y… sick… Ev-'ry-bo-… dy,… lis-ten
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
to… me,… and re-turn… me… my… ship… I'm your
REFRAIN: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap-… tain,… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
PART II - 'Closer To Home'
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REFRAIN #1: [28 M]
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|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home,… oh…
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
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SOLO: [16 M]
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|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
REFRAIN #2: [64 M] 'CODA' / Play line below 16X -
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|D |D |Ca9 |Ca9 |
I'm… get-… ting… clos-… er… to… my… home…
** NOTE: Grand Funk plays this line 16 times with a great strings track
before the fade-out, but you can end it after you've played it
as many times as you want by holding the 'D' after the 'Ca9'.
