...MY GUY... by Mary Wells
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(Written by Smokey Robinson)
*from 'Mary Wells Sings My Guy' (1964)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
G, Am D
Verse 1:
G G6
Nothing you can say,
Gmaj7 G6
Can tear me a-way,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
Nothing you could do,
Gmaj7 G6
'Cos I'm stuck like glue,
B7
To my guy.
Chorus 1:
Am D
I'm sticking to my guy,
Am D
Like a stamp to a letter,
Am D
Like birds of a feather;
Am (n.c)
We, stick together.
G
I can tell you,
Gmaj7
From the start,
Am D7
I can't be torn a-part,
G Am D
From my guy.
Verse 2:
G G6
Nothing you could do,
Gmaj7 G6
Could make me be un-true,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
To my guy.
G G6
Nothing you could buy,
Gmaj7 G6
Could make me tell a lie,
B7
To my guy.
Chorus 2:
Am D
I gave my guy,
Am D
My word of honour,
Am D
To be faithful;
Am (n.c)
And I'm gonna,
G
You'd better be,
Gmaj7
Be-lieving,
Am D7
I won't be de-ceiving,
G Am D
My guy.
Bridge 1:
Am D
As a matter of opinion,
Am D
I think he's tops,
Am D
My opinion is;
G
He's the cream,
Gmaj7
Of the crop,
Em Bm
As a matter of taste,
Em Bm
To be ex-act;
A7
He's my ideal,
D7
As a matter of fact.
Verse 2:
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G G6
No muscle bound man,
Gmaj7 G6
Could take my hand,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
No handsome face,
Gmaj7 G6
Could ever take the place,
B7
Of my guy.
Chorus 3:
Am D
He may not be,
Am D
A movie star,
Am
But when it comes,
D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
We are,
G
There's not a man,
Gmaj7
To-day,
Am D7
Who can take me a-way,
G Am D
From my guy.
Interlude:
G, Am D
Verse 3:
G G6
No muscle bound man,
Gmaj7 G6
Could take my hand,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
No handsome face,
Gmaj7 G6
Could ever take the place,
B7
Of my guy.
Chorus 4:
Am D
He may not be,
Am D
A movie star,
Am
But when it comes,
D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
We are;
Coda:
(Bass):
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am D
(what'cha say?)
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am D
(Tell me more!)
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
Am D
From my guy.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Am D G6 Gmaj7 B7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x02210 xx0232 322000 3x443x 021200
Am D7 Em Bm A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 xx0212 022000 x24432 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
