Temptations (the)-My Girl - BPM - 105
[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)
C F C F
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 - Try playing the chord then riff]
I've got
[C] sun shine ......... [F] on a
clo [C] udy day [F] And when it's
[C] cold outside [F] , I've got the
[C] month of May [F]
[Chorus]
[C]I [Dm7]guess [F]you [G]say,
[C]What can [Dm7]make me [F]feel this [G]way?
[Cmaj7]My girl ... My girl My girl Talkin' 'bout
[Dm7] my girl
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G N.C. F F G G |
(my girl) I've got
[Verse 2]
[C] soooooooooo much [F] honey, the bees
(trumpet bit - play C and F high - x-8-10-10-10-x
then x-8-10-10-x-x)
en [C] vy me [F] I've got a
[C] sweeter song, [F] than the birds in
[C] the trees [F]
[Chorus]
Well,
[C]I [Dm7]guess [F]you [G]say,
[C] What can [Dm7] make me [F] feel this [G] way?
[C(maj7)] My girl ... My girl My girl Talkin' 'bout
[Dm7] my girl
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G N.C. F F G G |
(my girl) hooo ooo oooh
[Instrumental] = Intro
[C] [C] [C] [C]
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
[Solo - String section]
[C] [F] Hey hey h [C] ey
[F] Hey hey h [Dm7] ey
[Dm7] [G] [Em] ([A] [A] [A])
(break)
[Verse 3 - Key Change]
I don't
[D] need no money , [G] fortune [D] or fame [G]
I've got
[D] all the riches, baby [G] , one man [D] can claim [G]
[Chorus]
Well,
[D]I [Em]guess [G]you [A]say,
[D] What can [Em] make me [G] feel this [A] way?
[Dmaj7] My girl ... ... My girl My girl
Talkin' 'bout [Em - 1 bar] my girl
(Walk down on the bass - half bar each chord for this line)
[A] [G] [F#m] Talking ' [Em] bout
[Dmaj7] my girl
[Outro]
[Dmaj7] I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my
[Em - 1 bar] girl I've (Walk down on the bass -
half bar each chord for this line)
[A] even [G] got the [F#m] month of [Em] May with
[Dmaj7] my girl Talking 'bouta
, tal [Em] king 'bout, talking 'bout my g
[A] irl [G] [F#m] [Em]
[Dmaj7] (My girl) My girl
[Fade out - end on Dmaj7]