Chords for My Girl (The Motown Story: The 60s Version)
Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The Temptations career was blossoming too, and Otis Williams recalls how a certain songwriter
came up with what became the group's first number one hit.
[F#] Our real big one, our first million seller
[E] was My Girl, which came [C] along in 65.
The way that came [F] about, we [Am] had recently appeared at the 20
Grand [D] and [F] Smokey Roberson of the Miracles saw David sing a particular tune by the Drifters.
He was astounded by the way David, [C] you know, handled himself when it [F] came to the lead.
[C] And so he said, man, I'm going to write a tune for you and [F] talk about the whole group,
but with David leading, because [C] before then Eddie was leading and Paul was leading and
was switching [G] up.
And [D] so Smokey came up with the tune My Girl and we were [Em] at the Apollo and he
ran [Dm] the track down and we rehearsed it.
And at the time when he ran [G] the track down,
when I was [C] listening, I said, that sounds like it might be something.
[F] Motown arranger Paul Reiser.
[C] Now the Temps really didn't like My Girl initially, but [F] the song really came to life
when Smokey [C] commissioned me to add strings to the track [F] and along came another Motown hit.
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Am]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [Dm]
[G]
[Cm] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Dm]
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
All the riches [G] baby, one [D] man can claim.
[G] [D] Well, I [Em] guess you [A] say, [D]
what [Em] can make [G] me feel [A] this way?
[D]
My girl, longin' [Em] for my [A] girl.
[D] I've got sunshine on a cloudy [A] day with [Em] my girl.
[A] I've even got the microphone [D] made with my girl.
[A] Talkin' bout, [Em] talkin' bout, talkin' bout my [G] girl.
[D]
My girl.
[A] [Em] [G] [D]
came up with what became the group's first number one hit.
[F#] Our real big one, our first million seller
[E] was My Girl, which came [C] along in 65.
The way that came [F] about, we [Am] had recently appeared at the 20
Grand [D] and [F] Smokey Roberson of the Miracles saw David sing a particular tune by the Drifters.
He was astounded by the way David, [C] you know, handled himself when it [F] came to the lead.
[C] And so he said, man, I'm going to write a tune for you and [F] talk about the whole group,
but with David leading, because [C] before then Eddie was leading and Paul was leading and
was switching [G] up.
And [D] so Smokey came up with the tune My Girl and we were [Em] at the Apollo and he
ran [Dm] the track down and we rehearsed it.
And at the time when he ran [G] the track down,
when I was [C] listening, I said, that sounds like it might be something.
[F] Motown arranger Paul Reiser.
[C] Now the Temps really didn't like My Girl initially, but [F] the song really came to life
when Smokey [C] commissioned me to add strings to the track [F] and along came another Motown hit.
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Am]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [Dm]
[G]
[Cm] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Dm]
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
All the riches [G] baby, one [D] man can claim.
[G] [D] Well, I [Em] guess you [A] say, [D]
what [Em] can make [G] me feel [A] this way?
[D]
My girl, longin' [Em] for my [A] girl.
[D] I've got sunshine on a cloudy [A] day with [Em] my girl.
[A] I've even got the microphone [D] made with my girl.
[A] Talkin' bout, [Em] talkin' bout, talkin' bout my [G] girl.
[D]
My girl.
[A] [Em] [G] [D]
Key:
C
F
G
D
Em
C
F
G
The Temptations career was blossoming too, and Otis Williams recalls how a certain songwriter
came up with what became the group's first number one hit.
[F#] Our real big one, our first million seller
[E] was My Girl, which came [C] along in 65.
The way that came [F] about, we [Am] had recently appeared at the 20
Grand [D] and [F] Smokey Roberson of the Miracles saw David sing a particular tune by the Drifters.
He was astounded by the way David, [C] you know, handled himself when it [F] came to the lead.
[C] And so he said, man, I'm going to write a tune for you and [F] talk about the whole group,
but with David leading, because [C] before then Eddie was leading and Paul was leading and
was switching [G] up.
And [D] so Smokey came up with the tune My Girl and we were [Em] at the Apollo and he
ran [Dm] the track down and we rehearsed it.
And at the time when he ran [G] the track down,
when I was [C] listening, I said, that sounds like it might be something.
[F] Motown arranger Paul Reiser.
[C] Now the Temps really didn't like My Girl initially, but [F] the song really came to life
when Smokey [C] commissioned me to add strings to the track [F] and along came another Motown hit. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
All the riches [G] baby, _ one [D] man can claim.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Well, I [Em] guess you [A] say, [D]
what [Em] can make [G] me feel [A] this way?
[D]
My girl, _ _ _ longin' [Em] for my _ [A] girl.
_ _ [D] I've got sunshine on a cloudy [A] day with [Em] my girl.
_ [A] I've even got the microphone [D] made with my girl.
_ _ _ _ [A] Talkin' bout, [Em] talkin' bout, talkin' bout my [G] girl.
_ _ [D] _
My girl.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
came up with what became the group's first number one hit.
[F#] Our real big one, our first million seller
[E] was My Girl, which came [C] along in 65.
The way that came [F] about, we [Am] had recently appeared at the 20
Grand [D] and [F] Smokey Roberson of the Miracles saw David sing a particular tune by the Drifters.
He was astounded by the way David, [C] you know, handled himself when it [F] came to the lead.
[C] And so he said, man, I'm going to write a tune for you and [F] talk about the whole group,
but with David leading, because [C] before then Eddie was leading and Paul was leading and
was switching [G] up.
And [D] so Smokey came up with the tune My Girl and we were [Em] at the Apollo and he
ran [Dm] the track down and we rehearsed it.
And at the time when he ran [G] the track down,
when I was [C] listening, I said, that sounds like it might be something.
[F] Motown arranger Paul Reiser.
[C] Now the Temps really didn't like My Girl initially, but [F] the song really came to life
when Smokey [C] commissioned me to add strings to the track [F] and along came another Motown hit. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
All the riches [G] baby, _ one [D] man can claim.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Well, I [Em] guess you [A] say, [D]
what [Em] can make [G] me feel [A] this way?
[D]
My girl, _ _ _ longin' [Em] for my _ [A] girl.
_ _ [D] I've got sunshine on a cloudy [A] day with [Em] my girl.
_ [A] I've even got the microphone [D] made with my girl.
_ _ _ _ [A] Talkin' bout, [Em] talkin' bout, talkin' bout my [G] girl.
_ _ [D] _
My girl.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _