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if you like this 'tab'. Only takes a second to do and would make my day.
Thank you and all the very best, Del :)
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OPTIONAL INTRO   C Em7 Am Em7 , C    

C   Em7     Am     Em7       C        Em7 Am Em7
 So close,  yet so far  from paradise
C       Am                   C
 I hold you, in my arms, and paradise
  Em              Am
Is mine, then you slip away
       F         G7        C       Em    
Like a child, at play, and here am I
Em   F       G7              C        Em7 Am Em7 
 So  close,  yet so far from paradise

C     Em7  Am          Am7       C        Em7 Am Em7
 When you, are close to me, it's paradise
C   Em7    Am    Am7   C
 We kiss,  oh my love, paradise
Em            Am7             C         Am
Is mine, then suddenly you're gone from me
                F       G        C       Em  
Like a floating star, I see, and here am I
Em   F      G7              C         Em C F
 So  close, yet so far from paradise

F                        G
 I   reach out for you,  but each time I do
Am                 C     F
 I always find you gone
F                        Am        C    
 I   know  love is new,  I'll take care of you
G7                  Am     G7    C    
In my arms is where you be-long

C      Am           Em           C         Em7 Am Em7
 Just, a step away, are we, from paradise
C        Em7        Am       C            Em
 Take my hand, come away, to paradise, my love
           Am
I want you close to me
            C         G7       C      Em F 
I need you  desperate-ly,  oh here am I
F       
 Waiting for you
C       Em F 
Here am I
F                  C       Am   F
 Praying for you,  Here am I so close 
Am     G        G7   C                   C Em7 Am Em7 , C
yet so far from para-dise______________ ( O U T R O.... ! )