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Song
"My Girl" was recorded by the Temptations in the key of C (key change after instrumental part to D)
Written by W. "Smokey" Robinson/R. White (1964)
Bass Intro
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G --|----------------| D 5-|------5-------5-| A --|3-3-----3-3-----| E --|----------------| x4
Guitar lick: - first bar (C chord only) is repeated in Intro and Instrumental
- the combination of C and F parts is used in the Verses
easy (first position, no shifting) more like the original (no open strings)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------| B|--------------1-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------0-2---|----------------| G|--------------5-|----------------| D|------0-2-------|------------0-3-| D|----------5-7---|--------------3-| A|3---------------|--------0-3-----| A|3-----5-7-------|----------3-5---| E|----------------|1-----3---------| E|----------------|1-----3-5-------|
Intro
| C | % | % | % |
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
Verse 1
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
Chorus
I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G |
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
Verse 2
(F) (G) C F C F
I've got so much honey, the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees
Chorus
Well, I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G |
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Instrumental] = Intro
| C | % | % | % |
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
Solo
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
|(Dm7) | G | Em | A A A
(break)
Verse 3
I don't need no money, fortune or fame
I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
Chorus
Well, I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... (Walk down on the bass)
Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl
Outro
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl
I've even got the month of May with my girl
Talking 'bout, talking 'bout, talking 'bout my girl
(My girl) My girl
(fade out)
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