Halfway To Paradise(Chords)

	        
Intro: E B E 

#1. 
E         A       E 
I want to be your lover, 
                            B 
but your friend is all I've stayed. 
         E   E7     A 
I'm only halfway to paradise. 
   E         B        E 
So near, yet so far, away. 

#2. 
           E         A       E 
I long for your lips to kiss my lips, 
                           B 
but just when I think they may, 
            E   E7     A 
you lead me halfway to paradise, 
   E         B       E 
so near, yet so far away..mmm.. 


B                            E 
Being close to you is almost heaven. 
    B                         E 
But seeing you can do just so much. 
   B                                  E 
It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure.. 
         Bbm            Gb        B     B7 
and that my heart is forbidden to tou...ch, so... 


#3. 
         E          A        E 
Put your sweet lips close to my lips, 
                                       B 
and tell me that's where they're gonna stay. 
              E   E7     A 
Don't lead me halfway to paradise, 
A      E         B       E 
Oh, so near, yet so far away.  

OUTRO:
 
   E         B       E 
so near, yet so far away. 
   E         B       E 
so near, yet so far away.
	        

Written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King