The Temptations, My Girl.
bass intro then lead guitar....
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-----------1-|
G|-------0-2---|-------0-2---|
D|---0-2-------|---0-2-------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
|-----------1-|-------------|-----------1-|-------------
|-------0-2---|-------------|-------0-2---|-------------
|---0-2-------|-------0-----|---0-2-------|-------0-----
|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-
|-------------|-1-3---------|-------------|-1-3---------
then after that just play this throughout the verse...
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-------------|-----------1-|-------------|
G|-------0-2---|-------------|-------0-2---|-------------|
D|---0-2-------|-------0-----|---0-2-------|-------0-----|
A|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-|
E|-------------|-1-3---------|-------------|-1-3---------|
C F C
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
C F C
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
CHORUS:
C Dm F G
I guess you say,
C Dm F G
What can make me feel this way?
C
My girl...
F G7
Talkin' 'bout my girl
I've got so much honey the birds envy me
I've got a sweeter song (baby), than the birds and the bees
(Chorus)
now after this you have everything comes to a stop and it's back to the beginning with a bass intro. you repeat the intro as before,
Intro, bass intro then lead guitar....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/temptations/my_girl_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-----------1-|
G|-------0-2---|-------0-2---|
D|---0-2-------|---0-2-------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-------------|-----------1-|-------------|
G|-------0-2---|-------------|-------0-2---|-------------|
D|---0-2-------|-------0-----|---0-2-------|-------0-----|
A|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-|-3-----------|-----0---3-0-|
E|-------------|-1-3---------|-------------|-1-3---------|
then there is a bit of a break, you can make something up then you have a key change, be on your toes for this one...
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------3-|-------------|-----------3-|-----------3-|
G|-------2-4---|-------------|-------2-4---|-------2-4---|
D|---2-4-------|-------2-----|---2-4-------|---2-4-------|
A|-5-----------|-----2---3-0-|-5-----------|-5-----------|
E|-------------|-3-5---------|-------------|-------------|
that also means the chords change too...
D G D
I don't need no money, fortune or fame
D G D
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
My girl...
G A7
Talkin' 'bout my girl
...and thats about it. you'll have to listen to the song and play along with it for a little while to get comfortable with it but I think this will send you on your way. It may not be correct but everything sounds right and fits.
tabbed by Weldon's own J. Elliott