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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5"My Girl" was recorded by the Temptations in the key of C (key change after instrumental part to D) Written by W. "Smokey" Robinson/R. White (1964) Bass Intro 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G --|----------------| D 5-|------5-------5-| A --|3-3-----3-3-----| E --|----------------| x4 Guitar lick: - first bar (C chord only) is repeated in Intro and Instrumental - the combination of C and F parts is used in the Verses easy (first position, no shifting) more like the original (no open strings) C F C F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------| B|--------------1-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------0-2---|----------------| G|--------------5-|----------------| D|------0-2-------|------------0-3-| D|----------5-7---|--------------3-| A|3---------------|--------0-3-----| A|3-----5-7-------|----------3-5---| E|----------------|1-----3---------| E|----------------|1-----3-5-------| [Intro] | C | % | % | % | (Bass) (+ Verse lick) [Verse] C F C F I've got sunshine on a cloudy day C F C F And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May [Chorus] C Dm7 F G I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl) [Verse] C F C F I've got so much honey, the bees envy me C F C F I've got a sweeter song (baby), than the birds in the trees [Chorus] C Dm7 F G I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl) [Instrumental] = Intro | C | % | % | % | (Bass) (+ Verse lick) [Solo] | C | F | [ C ] Hey hey hey | C | F | [ Dm ] Hey hey hey | Dm7 | G | Em | A A A | (break) [Verse] 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 I guess you say, D Em G A What can make me feel this way? D D My girl ... (Walk down on the bass) Em A G F#m Em D Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl [Outro] D Em I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A G F#m Em D I've even got the month of May with my girl Em A G F#m Em D Talking bout talking bout talking 'bout my girl (fade out)