My Girl - The Temptations
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
"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
G --|---------
D 5-|------5--
A --|3-3-----3
E --|---------
+ 4 +
-------|
-----5-|
-3-----|
-------| 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|------------
B|------------
G|----------0-
D|------0-2---
A|3-----------
E|------------
----|---------
--1-|---------
2---|---------
----|---------
----|--------0
----|1-----3--
-------|
-------|
-------|
---0-3-|
-3-----|
-------|
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|----------5-
A|3-----5-7---
E|------------
----|---------
----|---------
--5-|---------
7---|---------
----|---------
----|1-----3-5
-------|
-------|
-------|
-----3-|
-3-5---|
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[Intro]
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(Bass) (+
% | % |
Verse lick)
[Verse 1]
I've got sunsh
ine on a cloud
y day
And when it's
cold outside,
I've got the m
onth of May
[Chorus]
I guess you sa
y,
What can make
me feel this w
ay?
My girl ...
1 + 2
+ 3 + 4 +
Talkin' 'bout
|
my girl (my gi
. |
rl)
[Verse 2]
( (
I've got so mu
ch honey, the
bees envy me
I've got a swe
eter song, tha
n the birds in
the trees
[Chorus]
Well, I guess
you say,
What can make
me feel this w
ay?
My girl ...
1 + 2
+ 3 + 4 +
Talkin' 'bout
|
my girl (my gi
. |
rl)
[Instrumental] = Intro
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(Bass) (+
% | % |
Verse lick)
[Solo]
Hey h
ey hey
Hey h
ey hey
|( |
| |
(break)
[Verse 3]
I don't need n
o money, fortu
ne or fame
I've got all t
he riches, bab
y, one man can
claim
[Chorus]
Well, I guess
you say,
What can make
me feel this w
ay?
My girl ...
(Walk
down on the b
ass)
Talkin' 'bout
my girl
Talking 'bou
t my girl
[Outro]
I've got sunsh
ine on a cloud
y day with my
girl
I've even got
the month of M
ay with my gir
l
Talking 'bout,
talking 'bout
, talking 'bou
t my girl
(My girl) My g
irl
(fade out)