Closer To The Heart

Words by Neil Peart and Peter Talbot
Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson

 7   7   7   7   7    7   -7 6o 
And the men who hold high places
 6o  6  -5   6o   6    7
must be the ones who start
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to mould a new re-al-it-y 
-6 -6  6  -6   -5 
closer to the heart,
-6 -6  6  -5  -5 -4
closer to the heart.

-3’  –8    7    7   7  6o  6o
The blacksmith and the artist
-3” -6  -5 6    6    7
reflect it in their art.
 4     6     6   -6  6  6 -6 -5
They forge their cre-a-tiv-i-ty
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closer to the heart,
-6-5  -6 -6  -5 -5   -5
Y-es, closer to the heart.

 3  7 7  7    7    7   6o
Philosophers and ploughmen,
 6   -5   6o   6  -7  7
each must know his part
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to sow a new men-tal-i-ty
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closer to the heart,
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y-es, closer to the heart, yeah!
-6-7-8-9 (slide)
Oh........

musical interlude

 7   7  7   7   7  -7
You can be the captain
 7 -6  6    6o   6    7
and I will draw the chart,
 6  6  -6 6  -5  -6 -5
sailing into des-ti-ny,
-6 -6  -5  -5  -5
closer to the heart,
-6 -6 6 -6 -5
closer to the heart,
-6 -6 -6 7 7 -9
well, closer to the heart!
7 -9 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5
Oh, yeah! closer to the heart,
-6 -6 6 -6 -6 -7
closer to the heart,
7 -5 -6 -6 7 5 -5
I said, closer to the heart!
-6 -6 -6 7 7 -9
well, closer to the heart,
8 -9  -6 -6 6 -6-5
yeah! closer to your heart!
-6 -6 -5 6 -5
closer to your heart,
-6’..........
Whoa........!