Originally released in 2012 as part of their Never the Strangers debut album, “Moving Closer” was written by Ace Libre and became a modern OPM classic after featuring in a Close‑Up campaign, inspiring scenes of slow‑motion romance among Filipinos. In 2023 and 2025, SB19’s Felip revived it with soulful pop and jazz renditions

Tabs by Jamaica Mabolis:
(2 5 7) 2° (5 1) 5 6 (2 5 7) 3 (1 5)
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5 (2 7) 1° 2° (5 1) 5 6 (2 5 7) 3 (1 5)
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(2 5 7) 2° (5 1) 5 6 (2 5 7) 3 (1 5)
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5 (2 7) 2° (5 1) 5 6 (2 5 7) 3 (1 5)
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(5° 1 3 5) 3° (2 2°) 7 1° (1 2°) 5 (1 3 5)
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(5° 1 3 5) 3° (2 2°) 5 7 2° (3° 1 3 5) 2°
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(2 5 7) 2° 7 2° 1 2° 3° 1 2° 7 2 5
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(2 5 7) 2° 7 2° 1 3° (2 5 7) 6 7
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(2 5 7) 2° 7 2° 1 2° 3° 1 2° 7 2 5
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(2 5 7) 2° 7 3° 1 2° 7 (2 5 7)
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5 6 7 (2 5 7) 6 5 (1 3 5)

• Artist: Never The Strangers
• Mood: Romantic

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

-A dot above a musical note (ex: 1° 2°°) raises it to a higher octave.
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).