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] C F C F I've got sunshine on a cloudy day C F C F And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) 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 C F C F I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G Well, I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Solo] C F C Hey hey hey F Dm7 Hey hey hey |(Dm7) | G | Em | A A A (break) [Verse 3] D G D G I don't need no money, fortune or fame D G D G I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
[Chorus] D Em G A Well, I guess you say, D Em G A What can make me feel this way? Dmaj7 My girl ... (Walk down on the bass) Em A G F#m Em Dmaj7 Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl
[Outro] Dmaj7 Em I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A G F#m Em Dmaj7 I've even got the month of May with my girl Em A G F#m Em Talking 'bout, talking 'bout, talking 'bout my girl Dmaj7 (My girl) My girl
[Intro G 320003 Am7/D xx0013 or x55555 - No drums] [G][Am7/D] x 2 E x---------------- B 12-^-^-^-13-^-^-^ G 12-^-^-^-12-^-^-^ D 12-^-^-^-12-^-^-^ (second time play Am7/D once and hard stop) A 10-^-^-^-10-^-^-^ E x--------10-^-^-^
[Verse - No drums- Muted downstrokes for all except * - let it ring] Oh, I could [G] hide 'neath the [Am] wings Of the [Bm] bluebird as she [C] sings The [G] six-o-clock a [Em] larm would never [A7] ring [D7]* (E-2-0 B-3) But it [G] rings and I [Am] rise Wash the [Bm] sleep out of my [C] eyes (chords 1/2 bar each) My [G] shaving [Em] razor's [Am] cold [D7] and it stings [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - NO SNARE - JUST BASS DRUM - INDIVIDUALLY AND LOUDLY PICK EACH NOTE] Use 1st and 2nd finger so G chord is always ringing under but can play these octaves e |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-| B |--x----------------------| G |--0----------------------| D |--0----------------------| A |--x----------------------| E |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-|
[Chorus - Drums in] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Verse - Light chords and try to make drums a bit lighter] You [G] once thought of [Am] me As a [Bm] white knight on a [C] steed Now [G] you know how [Em] happy Life can be [A7][D7] And our good [G] times start and [Am] end Without [Bm] dollar one to [C] spend But [G] how much [Em] baby [Am] do we [D7] really need [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - All over G]
[Chorus] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Break as per intro G Am7/D G Am7/D etc] - Broken triplets drum fill at end [G - 3x0003][Am7/D - x55555] x 2
[Chorus] [C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean [Bm] [C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a [G] Day [G] dream [C] believer [C] and a [G] home [Em] coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een