I Can't Get Next to You — The Temptations
Chords and lyrics for I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations (key of D#).
Verse 1
*from 'Puzzle People' (1969)*
Intro: (Spoken)
(n.C)
Hold it, hold it, listen...
(Piano):
C, F7 Eb7, C
[F] [Fm7] [C]
Verse 1
[C] I, can [F7]turn a [C]grey sky blue,
And [C]I can make it rain,[F7] [C]when-ever I want it to.
Oh, [C]I can build a castle,[F7] from a [C]single grain of sand,
And [C]I can make a ship sail,[F7] uh, [C]on dry land.
Chorus 1
[F] But my [Fm7]life is [C]incom-plete and I'm so blue.
'Cos [F]I [Fm7]can't get next to [C]you.
[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]
[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]
Verse 2
[C] I can fly, [F7]like a [C]bird in the sky,
And [C]I can buy [F7]any-thing, that [C]money can buy.
Oh, [C]I can turn a river,[F7] [C] into a ragin' fire,
[C] I can live forever,[F7] [C] If I so desire.
Chorus 2
[F] [Fm7]Unim-portant are [C]all the things I can do,
'Cos [F]I [Fm7]can't get next to [C]you.
[C] Can't get next to you, babe,[F7] I [C]can't get next to you.[F7]
Break:
C (n.C)
Interlude
[C] Ooh-ooh ooh, [F]ooh ooh, [C]ooh.
[C] Ooh-ooh ooh, [F]ooh ooh, [C]ooh.
[Eb] [Eb] [C] Chick-A-boom, chick-A-boom,
[Eb] [Eb] [C] Chick-a-boom, boom, boom, boom.
Verse 3
[C] I can turn back the hands of [F7]time; you [C]better believe I can.
[C] I can make the season [F7]change, [C]just by wavin' my hand.
Oh, [C]I can change [F7]any-thing from [C]old to new.
The [C]thing I want to do the [F7]most;[C] I'm unable to do.
Chorus 3
[F] Unhappy am [Fm7]I, with [C]all the powers I possess.
[F] 'Cos [Fm7]girl, you're the [C]key to my happiness.
And [F]I...[Fm7]
Coda
Cant get next to [C]you, (girl, you're blowin' my mind).
'Cos I cant get [Eb][C]ne-ext [Eb]to [C]you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying?
I cant get [Eb][C]ne-ext [Eb]to [C]you. Girl, it's you I need, I gotta get;
[Eb] [C]Ne-ext [Eb]to [C]you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying?
I cant get [Eb][C]ne-ext [Eb]to [C]you.
(Fade)
[C] [F7] [Eb7] [F] [Fm7] [Eb]
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