...I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU... by The Temptations -----------------------------................... *from 'Puzzle People' (1969)* Intro: (Spoken) (n.C) Hold it, hold it, listen... (Piano): C, F7 Eb7, C F Fm7 C (n.C) Verse 1:

^C I, can ^F7turn a ^Cgrey sky blue, And ^CI can make it rain,^F7 when-^Cever I want it to. Oh, ^CI can build a castle,^F7 from a ^Csingle grain of sand, And ^CI can make a ship sail,^F7 uh, ^Con dry land.

Chorus 1:

^F But my ^Fm7life is incom-^Cplete and I'm so blue. 'Cos ^FI ^Fm7can't get next to ^Cyou.

^C Can't get next to you, babe,^F7 I ^Ccan't get next to you.^F7 ^C Can't get next to you, babe,^F7 I ^Ccan't get next to you.^F7

Verse 2:

^C I can fly, ^F7like a ^Cbird in the sky, And ^CI can buy any-^F7thing, that ^Cmoney can buy. Oh, ^CI can turn a river,^F7 ^C into a ragin' fire, ^C I can live forever,^F7 ^C If I so desire.

Chorus 2:

^F Unim-^Fm7portant are ^Call the things I can do, 'Cos ^FI ^Fm7can't get next to ^Cyou.

^C Can't get next to you, babe,^F7 I ^Ccan't get next to you.^F7 Break:

C (n.C) Interlude:

^C Ooh-ooh ooh, ^Fooh ooh, ^Cooh. ^C Ooh-ooh ooh, ^Fooh ooh, ^Cooh.

Eb C, Eb C Chick-A-boom, chick-A-boom, Eb C, Eb C Chick-a-boom, boom, boom, boom. Verse 3:

^C I can turn back the hands of ^F7time; you ^Cbetter believe I can. ^C I can make the season ^F7change, ^Cjust by wavin' my hand. Oh, ^CI can change any-^F7thing from ^Cold to new. The ^Cthing I want to do the ^F7most;^C I'm unable to do.

Chorus 3:

^F Unhappy am ^Fm7I, with ^Call the powers I possess. ^F 'Cos ^Fm7girl, you're the ^Ckey to my happiness. And ^FI...^Fm7

Coda:

Cant get next to ^Cyou, (girl, you're blowin' my mind). 'Cos I cant get ^Ebne-^Cext ^Ebto ^Cyou. Can't you see these tears I'm crying' I cant get ^Ebne-^Cext ^Ebto ^Cyou. Girl, it's you I need, I gotta get; ^Eb Ne-^Cext ^Ebto ^Cyou. Can't you see these tears I'm crying' I cant get ^Ebne-^Cext ^Ebto ^Cyou.

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C F7 Eb7 F Fm7 Eb EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35553 131211 x68686 133211 131111 x68886 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

The Temptations - I cant get next to you