"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)
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-------|
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
I've got so much honey, the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees
Well, I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Instrumental] = Intro
(Bass) (+ Verse lick)
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
(break)
I don't need no money, fortune or fame
I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
Well, I guess you say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl ... (Walk down on the bass)
Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl
I've even got the month of May with my girl
Talking 'bout, talking 'bout, talking 'bout my girl
(My girl) My girl
(fade out)