Too Close for Comfort

Words & Music by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener & George David Weiss
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1958
From the show "Mr. Wonderful," 1956


Intro:

D  Em7      Edim     F#m       B7       G      Edim
Be wise, be fair, be sure, be there, behave, beware



    D    D9 Dm+7   Dm6  Am    Am7 B7
Be wise, be smart, be - have, my heart;

Fdim    Em  B+    A7  Edim       D    F#m    A  A7+5
Don't upset your cart when she's so close.


    D    D9 Dm+7   Dm6 Am Am7    B7
Be soft, be sweet, but be dis - creet;

Fdim     Em  B+    A7   Edim       D    A   G     D
Don't go off your beat, she's so close for com - fort


G6  Em7/9  A7  A7/6  A7  G/B    A7     D9    G/B A7+5  D6
Too close, too close for com - fort, please, not  a - gain

G6  Em7/9  A7  A7/6  A7  G/B  A7   D   A7  G    A7
Too close, too close to know just when to say "When"


    D    D9 Dm+7  Dm6 Am   Am7    B7
Be firm, be fair, be sure, be - ware,

Fdim     Em     B+   A7   Edim          D    A     G     D
On your guard, take care while there's such temp - ta - tion;

Em7 Em7/9  A7  A7/6 A7  G/B    A7     
One thing leads to  an - oth - er - 

C#m7-5 Bm  F#m       Bm7/E  A7
  Too late to run for cov - er,

Em7   Em7/9 A7  A7/6  A7  G/B   A7+5  D
She's much  too close for com - fort now.


I admit, I'm taking liberties here. (Now THERE's a shock -- alert the media!) I got hooked on Jamie Cullum's 2002 recording of this one, but it's much too recent to qualify as a "pre-rock-era pop standard." I'm crediting Sinatra's version here, because it is the primary source on which this transcription was based, but I couldn't help but take a whack at Cullum's introduction to the song - it's more fun to play. Suggested by recent visitor Joe Sloan.


 
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