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My Girl - The Temptations     mp3
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  Artist: The Temptations  Video
  Tab: Bill Charrette
 Rated: ( 4 ) |

 

Standard Tuning - 4/4 Time
Intro:
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    _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _ 
   | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|
A|-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
      _   _   _       _   _   _ 
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|-----------2-5-|-----------2-5-|
D|-------2-5-----|-------2-5-----|
A|-3---5---------|-3---5---------|
E|---------------|---------------|


Licks over the C & F Chords of Verse 1 & 2:
-----------------------------------------

   C               F
      _   _   _       _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|-----------2-5-|---------------|
D|-------2-5-----|-----------0-3-|
A|-3---5---------|-------0-3-----|
E|---------------|-1---3---------|


Verse 1:
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              C    F          C    F
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day

           C            F                   C     F     
When it’s cold outside I’ve got the month of May

[C      Dm  ] [F   G] [C        Dm]    [F          G ]
Well, I guess you say  What can make me feel this way?

     C                 '                 Dm     
My girl, (my girl) my girl talking about my girl,

   G
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-----3-3-5-5-|
A|-2-----------|
E|-3-----------|
 (my girl)



Verse 2:
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              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 tree 

[C      Dm  ] [F   G]  [C        Dm]    [F          G ]
Well, I guess you say   What can make me feel this way?

   G
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-----3-3-5-5-|
A|-2-----------|
E|-3-----------|
 (my girl)


     C              '  
My girl, (my girl) my girl talking about

 Dm
My girl, (my girl)


Solo:
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    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _ 
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|
A|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   C               C               C
      _   _   _       _   _   _       _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-----------2-5-|-----------2-5-|-----------2-5-|
D|-------2-5-----|-------2-5-----|-------2-5-----|
A|-3---5---------|-3---5---------|-3---5---------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|

   F               C               F
      _   _   _       _   _   _       _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|-----------2-5-|---------------|
D|-----------0-3-|-------2-5-----|-----------0-3-|
A|-------0-3-----|-3---5---------|-------0-3-----|
E|-1---3---------|---------------|-1---3---------|

Bridge: (Key change)
------

Dm  '     G  '     Em  '     A  '  '


Lick over the D & G Chords of Verse 3:
-------------------------------------

   D               G
      _   _   _       _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|-----------4-7-|---------------|
D|-------4-7-----|-----------2-5-|
A|-5---7---------|-------2-5-----|
E|---------------|-3---5---------|


Verse 3:
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              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 

[D  Em ] [G   A]  [D        Em]    [G         A ]
I guess  you say  What can make me feel this way?

    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-0-0-------------|
E|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|

     D              '                    Em    
My girl, (my girl) my girl talking about my girl,

    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-0-0-------------|
E|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|
 (my girl)


     D              '        
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day
    Em
with my girl I even got the month of May


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