"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 + 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)
[Instrumental] = Intro
| [C] | % | % | % |
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
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
(fade out)
