My Girl - The Temptations

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"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---|
-------|


[Intro]
|    |  %  | 
  (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
|    |  %  | 
  (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)