My Girl

Words & Music:

William "Smokey" Robinson & Ronald White

 

This is fully transcribed in the July/August 2009 issue of Guitar Edge.

 

Intro & Verse Riff: (Riff in C)

    C  Riff                      F riff

G-----------------2--5--------|-----------------------------

D-----------2--5--------------|-----------------0--3--------

A---3----5--------------------|-----------0--3--------------

E-----------------------------|--1-----3--------------------

 

         C        F           C  F

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.

          C           F                       C   F

When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May.

 

CHORUS:

      C Dm    F     G    C          Dm      F         G

Well, I guess you'd say: What could make me feel this way?

C                                         Dm        G

My girl, (my girl, my girl) 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.

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

C  F         C     F         Dm    G   Em    A

   Hey, hey, hey!  Hey, hey, hey-----! Oooooooh, yeah!

 

Riff in D:

   D   Riff                      G  Riff

B-------------------3---------|-----------------------------

G-------------2--4------------|-----------------------------

D--0----2--4------------------|-----------------2--5--------

A-----------------------------|-----------2--5--------------

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

 

        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 man can claim

 

CHORUS:

D  Em    G    A    D          Em      G         A

I guess you'd say: What could make me feel this way?

D                                         Em        A

My girl, (my girl, my girl) talkin' 'bout my girl  (my girl)

 

OUTRO:

E-------------------------------3---------------------------

B-------------------------------2---------------------------

G-------------------------------3---------------------------

D-------------------------------0---------------------------

A---0--0----------------------------------------------------

E---------3--3---2--2---0--0--------------------------------

 




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