Chord/Tab song: Got To Be There

...GOT TO BE THERE... by Michael Jackson


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from 'Got to Be There' (1971)

CAPO 1st FRET

(Original Key: G#)

Intro:

Gmaj7, Am7 (x2)

Verse 1:

[Gmaj7] Got to be there,
Got to be there,
In the [Cmaj7]mor -[C]ning,
When [Am]she says,
Hel-[Am7]lo to the [Gmaj7]world.

[Gmaj7] Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Bring her [Cmaj7]good [C]times,
And [Am]show her,
That [Am7]she's my [Gmaj7]girl.

Bridge 1:

[Am7] Oh what a [D]feeling,
There'll [Gmaj7]be,
The [Am7]moment I [D]know,
She [Gmaj7]loves [D7]me..[Em7].
'Cos when I [D7sus4]look in her eyes,
I realize...
I need her sharing her world,
Be-[C#]side...[Am7]me.[D7sus4]
So I've...

Verse 2:

[Gmaj7] Got to be there,
Got to be there,
In the [Cmaj7]mor -[C]ning...
And [Am]welcome her,
[Am7] Into my [Gmaj7]world,
And [Am]show her that,
[Am7] She is my [Gmaj7]girl.
When [Am7]she says, hello...
[Gmaj7] World..[Am7]!
(Got to be [D7sus4]there)...
I need her sharing her world,
Be-[C#]side...[Am7]me.[D7sus4]
Thats why I've...

Verse 3:

[Gmaj7] Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Where [Cmaj7]love be-[C]gins,
And [Am]that's,
Every-[Am7]where she [Gmaj7]goes,
Ive [Am]got to be [Am7]there,
So she [Gmaj7]knows.
That [Am7]when she's with me,
She's [Gmaj7]home...[Am7]

Coda:

[Gmaj7] (Got to be there),
Got to be [Am7]there,
Got to be there.

[Gmaj7] (Got to be there),
Got to be [Am7]there,
Got to be there.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[Gmaj7] [Am7] [Cmaj7] [C] [Am]
[EADGBE]3x443x [EADGBE]x02013 [EADGBE]x32000 [EADGBE]032010 [EADGBE]x02210

[D] [D7] [Em7] [D7sus4] [C#]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]022030 [EADGBE]xx0213 [EADGBE]x46664

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