The Temptations – I Cant Get Next To You (Ukulele)

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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    C
And I can make it rain, when-ever I want it to.

    C                    F7      C
Oh, I can build a castle, from a single grain of sand,

    C                      F7   C
And I can make a ship sail, uh, on dry land.
Chorus 1:
F       Fm7           C
 But my life is incom-plete and I'm so blue.

     F Fm7               C
'Cos I can't get next to you.

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

C                            F7 C                     F7
 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you.
Verse 2:
C           F7     C
 I can fly, like a bird in the sky,

    C             F7          C
And I can buy any-thing, that money can buy.

    C                  F7  C
Oh, I can turn a river,     into a ragin' fire,

C                   F7  C
 I can live forever,     If I so desire.
Chorus 2:
F     Fm7         C
 Unim-portant are all the things I can do,

     F Fm7               C
'Cos I can't get next to you.

C                            F7 C                     F7
 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't 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                             F7        C
 I can turn back the hands of time; you better believe I can.

C                      F7      C
 I can make the season change, just by wavin' my hand.

    C                F7         C
Oh, I can change any-thing from old to new.

    C                      F7   C
The thing I want to do the most; I'm unable to do.
Chorus 3:
F           Fm7     C
 Unhappy am I, with all the powers I possess.

F     Fm7              C
 'Cos girl, you're the key to my happiness.

    F   Fm7
And I...
Coda:
                 C
Cant get next to you, (girl, you're 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: --------------- C F7 Eb7 F Fm7 Eb EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35553 131211 x68686 133211 131111 x68886 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])