Halfway to paradise
D - A
D
G D A
1. 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.
D G
D A
2. 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.
A D
Bein'
close to you is almost heaven (heaven),
A D
but seein'
you can do just so much.
A D
It hurts me so to know your
heart's a treasure (treasure),
Bm E
A - A7
and that my heart is forbidden
to tou…..ch, so…
D G
D
3. Put your sweet lips close to my lips,
A
and tell me that's where
they're gonna stay.
D G
Don't lead me halfway to
paradise,
D
A D
so near, yet so far away,
G D A D
oh, so near, yet so far away.
(midi = capo 1st) (Billy J.
Kramer with The Dakotas))