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] I, can [F7]turn a [C]grey sky blue,
And [C]I can make it rain,[F7] when-[C]ever I want it to.
Oh, [C]I can build a castle,[F7] from a [C]single grain of sand,
And [C]I can make a ship sail,[F7] uh, [C]on dry land.

Chorus 1:

[F] But my [Fm7]life is incom-[C]plete and I'm so blue.
'Cos [F]I [Fm7]can't get next to [C]you.

[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]
[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]

Verse 2:

[C] I can fly, [F7]like a [C]bird in the sky,
And [C]I can buy any-[F7]thing, that [C]money can buy.
Oh, [C]I can turn a river,[F7] [C] into a ragin' fire,
[C] I can live forever,[F7] [C] If I so desire.

Chorus 2:

[F] Unim-[Fm7]portant are [C]all the things I can do,
'Cos [F]I [Fm7]can't get next to [C]you.

[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]

Break:

C (n.C)

Interlude:

[C] Ooh-ooh ooh, [F]ooh ooh, [C]ooh.
[C] Ooh-ooh ooh, [F]ooh ooh, [C]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; you [C]better believe I can.
[C] I can make the season [F7]change, [C]just by wavin' my hand.
Oh, [C]I can change any-[F7]thing from [C]old to new.
The [C]thing I want to do the [F7]most;[C] I'm unable to do.

Chorus 3:

[F] Unhappy am [Fm7]I, with [C]all the powers I possess.
[F] 'Cos [Fm7]girl, you're the [C]key to my happiness.
And [F]I...[Fm7]

Coda:

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

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[C] [F7] [Eb7] [F] [Fm7] [Eb]
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