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Song title:      My Girl 
Original Album:	 The Temptations Sing Smokey

Words and Music by William "Smokey" Robinson and Ronald White
Copyright © 1964 Motown Records
Published by Universal Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



INTRO:


Bass Figure
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|-------------5---------------5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|---------------------------------|-3---3-----------3---3-----------|-3---3-----------3---3-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




Lead guitar:
  C
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------1---|-----------------------------1---|
|---------------------0---2-------|---------------------0---2-------|
|-------------0---2---------------|-------------0---2---------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------5---------------5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-3---3-----------3---3-----------|-3---3-----------3---3-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                            I   got




VERSE1:
Chords:
C   x32010
F   x33211


  C                                 F                                 C                                 F
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------1---|---------------------------------|-----------------------------1---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------0---2-------|---------------------------------|---------------------0---2-------|---------------------------------|
|-------------0---2---------------|-------------------------0---3---|-------------0---2---------------|-------------------------0---3---|
|-3-------------------------------|-----------------0---3-----------|-3-------------------------------|-----------------0---3-----------|
|---------------------------------|-1-----------3-------------------|---------------------------------|-1-----------3-------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---------------3---3-------3---|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---3-------3---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1---------------1---1-------1---|---------------------------------|-1---------------1---1-------1---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| C                               | F                               | C                               | F
  sunshine                                      on a cloudy           day                                                  And when it's


| C                               | F                               | C                               | F
  cold outside,                         I've got the month  of        May




CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010    F   x33211
Dm  xx0231    G   320003


  C               Dm                F               G                 C               Dm                F               G
|-----------------5---------------|-1---------------3---------------|-----------------5---------------|-1---------------3---------------|
|-5---------------6---------------|-1---------------3---------------|-5---------------6---------------|-1---------------3---------------|
|-5---------------7---------------|-2---------------4---------------|-5---------------7---------------|-2---------------4---------------|
|-5---------------7---------------|-3---------------5---------------|-5---------------7---------------|-3---------------5---------------|
|-3---------------5---------------|-3---------------5---------------|-3---------------5---------------|-3---------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
|-3-----------x---5-----------x---|---------------------------------|-3-----------x---5-----------x---|-------------x-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-1-------2-------3---------------|---------------------------------|-1---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| C               Dm              | F               G                 C               Dm              | F               G
  I               guess             you             say               What    can     make    me        feel    this    way?



| C      | %
  My girl

| %             Dm        | G        | F
  Talkin' 'bout    my girl (my girl)



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
C   x32010
F   x33211


        | C             | F            | C | F
I've got  so much honey,  the bees envy  me

         | C                  | F                      | C    | F
I've got a sweeter song, baby,    than the birds in the  trees 



CHORUS:
Notes:
Play as for previous chorus.

Chords:
C    x32010    F   x33211
Dm   xx0231    G   320003


| C  Dm   | F   G
  I  guess  you say

| C        Dm     | F         G
  What can make me  feel this way?

| C   | %
  My girl

| %             Dm     | G        | F  G
  Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)



INSTRUMENTAL:

[play INTRO Figure]




SOLO (over these chords):
Chords:
Chords:
C   x32010    G   320003
F   x33211    Em  022000
Dm  xx0231    A   x02220


[play: 4/4| C | F | % | C 
                Hey hey hey

          | C | F | % | Dm
                Hey hey hey

          | Dm | G | Em | A |]



VERSE3:
Notes:
Modulation to D.

Chords:
D  xx0232
G  320003


       | 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 claim can  claim



CHORUS:
Chords:
D   xx0232    G   320003
Em  022000    A   x02220


| D  Em   | G   A
  I  guess  you say

| D        Em     | G         A
  What can make me  feel this way?

   | D   | %
  My girl

| %             Em      | A | G 
  Talkin' 'bout my  girl

| F#m      Em   D 
  Talkin' 'bout my girl



OUTRO
Chords:
D    xx0232    G    320003
Em   022000    F#m  244222
A    x02220


| D                                     | Em
  I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with  my  girl

   | A    G      | F#m      Em      | D
I've even got the  month of May with  my girl

             | Em | A | G 
Talkin' 'bout

| F#m      Em   D 
  Talkin' 'bout my girl