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MY GIRL - The Temptations
COUNT IN 1+2+3+4
INTRO (4 bars)
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
RIFF 1 + 2
VERSE 1 + RIFF 3
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C//// F////
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
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C//// F////
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
CHORUS
C// Dm// F// G//
I - - guess you say
C//
Dm//
F//
G//
What can make me feel this way?
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C////
My girl (my girl, my girl)
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G7 (2 stabs on each syllable)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
REST for one beat then F F G G
VERSE 2 + RIFF 3 & 4*
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F////
C//// F////
I've got so--- much honey the bees envy me*
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F////
C//// F////
I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees*
CHORUS
C// Dm// F// G//
I - - guess you say
C//
Dm//
F//
G//
What can make me feel this way?
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C////
My girl (my girl, my girl)
RIFF 1 + 2
/ / / I’ve got
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F////
G7(2 stabs on each syllable)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
REST for one beat then F F G G
INSTRUMENTAL (12 bars)
RIFF 1 only
RIFF 1 only
RIFF 1 + 2
RIFF 1 + 2
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SOLO
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- - - hey hey hey
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F////
- - - hey hey hey
Dm////
G////
Em////
A - key change
VERSE 3
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G////
D//// G////
I don't need no money, fortune or fame
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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?
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D////
My girl (my girl, my girl)
G////
A7/ G/ F#m/ Em/ D////
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl - talkin’ ‘bout my girl)
OUTRO
D////
G////
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day (woah - oh oh) with my girl
A7/ G/
F#m/
Em/
D//// D//// G////
I’ve even got the month of May with my girl
(talkin’ ‘bout my girl - woah - oh - oh)
A/
My girl
N.B.
CHORDS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW PLAY 2 STRUMS ON ONE BEAT