...GOT TO BE THERE... by Michael Jackson
---------------------...................
*from 'Got to Be There' (1971)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: G#)
Intro:
Gmaj7, Am7 (x2)
Verse 1:
Gmaj7
Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Cmaj7 C
In the mor -ning,
Am
When she says,
Am7 Gmaj7
Hel-lo to the world.
Gmaj7
Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Cmaj7 C
Bring her good times,
Am
And show her,
Am7 Gmaj7
That she's my girl.
Bridge 1:
Am7 D
Oh what a feeling,
Gmaj7
There'll be,
Am7 D
The moment I know,
Gmaj7 D7 Em7
She loves me...
D7sus4
'Cos when I look in her eyes,
I realize...
I need her sharing her world,
C# Am7 D7sus4
Be-side...me.
So I've...
Verse 2:
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Gmaj7
Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Cmaj7 C
In the mor -ning...
Am
And welcome her,
Am7 Gmaj7
Into my world,
Am
And show her that,
Am7 Gmaj7
She is my girl.
Am7
When she says, hello...
Gmaj7 Am7
World..!
D7sus4
(Got to be there)...
I need her sharing her world,
C# Am7 D7sus4
Be-side...me.
Thats why I've...
Verse 3:
Gmaj7
Got to be there,
Got to be there,
Cmaj7 C
Where love be-gins,
Am
And that's,
Am7 Gmaj7
Every-where she goes,
Am Am7
Ive got to be there,
Gmaj7
So she knows.
Am7
That when she's with me,
Gmaj7 Am7
She's home...
Coda:
Gmaj7
(Got to be there),
Am7
Got to be there,
Got to be there.
Gmaj7
(Got to be there),
Am7
Got to be there,
Got to be there.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Gmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7 C Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x x02013 x32000 032010 x02210
D D7 Em7 D7sus4 C#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 xx0212 022030 xx0213 x46664
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)