Chord/Tab song: I Can’t Get Next to You

...I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU... by The Temptations


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from 'Puzzle People' (1969)

Intro:

(Spoken):

(n.c)
Hold it, hold it, listen...

(Piano):

c, F7 Eb7, c

F Fm7 c (n.c)

Verse 1:

c F7 c
I, can turn a grey sky blue,
c F7
and I can make it rain,
c
When-ever I want it to.

c
Oh I can build a castle,
F7 c
From a single grain of sand,
c F7
And I can make a ship sail,
c
Uh, on dry land.

Chorus 1:

[F] But my [Fm7]life is,
c
Incom-plete and I'm so blue.
F Fm7 c
'Cos I cant get next to you.

c F7
Cant get next to you babe,
c F7
I cant get next to you.
c F7
Cant get next to you babe,
c F7
I cant get next to you.

Verse 2:

c F7
I can fly like,
c
A bird in the sky,
c F7
And I can buy any-thing,
c
That money can buy.

c F7
Oh I can turn a river,
c
Into a ragin fire,
c F7
I can live forever,
c
If I so desire.

Chorus 2:

[F] Unim-[Fm7]portant are,
c
All the things I can do,
F Fm7 c
'Cos I cant get next to you.

c F7
Cant get next to you babe,
c F7
I cant get next to you.

Break:

c (n.c)

Interlude:

c F c
Ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh.
c F c
Ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh.

Eb c, Eb c
Chick-a-boom,
Chick-a-boom,

Eb c, Eb c
Chick-a-boom,
Boom, boom, boom.

Verse 3:

c
I can turn back,
The hands of [F7]time,
c
You better believe I can.
c F7
I can make the season change,
c
Just by wavin' my hand.

c F7
Oh I can change any-thing,
c
From old to new.
c F7
The thing I want to do the most,
c
I'm unable to do.

Chorus 3:

[F] Unhappy am [Fm7]I with,
c
All the powers I possess.
[F] Cause [Fm7]girl you're,
c
The key to my happiness.
And [F]I...[Fm7]

Coda:

c
Cant get next to you,
(Girl your blowin' my mind).
Eb c Eb c
'Cos I cant get ne-ext to you.
Can't you see these tears I'm crying?
Eb c Eb c
I cant get ne-ext to you.
Girl it's you I need, I gotta get;
Eb c Eb c
Ne-ext to you.
Can't you see these tears I'm crying?
Eb c Eb c
I cant get ne-ext to you.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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c F7 Eb7 F Fm7 Eb

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
([email protected])