Halfway To Paradise chords by Tony Orlando

Halfway To Paradise:Tony Orlando
#39 on BB Hot 100 on EPIC Records
in 1961.

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..

CHORUS:
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.



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