I Can't Get Next To You chords
The TemptationsOriginal Published Key: C Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 108 bpm
Guitar Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Skill Level: Intermediate 🟠
Guitar Chords: C, C5, Eb, Eb5, F, Fm,
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I Cant Get Next To You
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F C
Intro: 4/4 Piano | ↓ ↓ | |
C
1. I can turn the gray sky blu-er
C
I can make it rain when-ev-er I want it to, Woah
C
I can build a cas-tle from a sin-gle grain of sand
C Eb C
And I can make a ship sail, yeah, on dry land
F Fm C
** But my life is in-com-plete and I'm so blue 'cause
F Fm C Eb
CH: I can't get next to you (I can't get next to you babe)
C Eb
Get next to you (I can't get next to you)
C Eb
I can't get next to you babe (I can't get next to you babe)
C Eb
I can't get next to you
C
2. I can fly like a bird in the sky
C
Hey, and I can buy anything that money can't buying that mon-ey can't buy
C
Oh, I can turn a ri-ver.. in-to a rag-ing fire
C Eb C
I can live for ev-er if I so de-sire
F Fm C
** Un-im-port-ant are, all these things I can do
F Fm C Eb
CH: 'Cause I-I-I can't get next to you babe (I can't get next to you babe)
C Eb
No mat-ter what I do, (I can't get next to you)...
F
| Ye-ah | | | % |
C F C F C
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo... Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo...
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
1 + 2 + Chic-ka boom, chic-ka boom
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
1 + 2 + Chic-ka boom boom boom
C
3. I can turn back the hands of time, ya bet-ter be-lieve I can
C
I can make the seas-ons change just by wav-ing my hand
C
Oh, I can change a-ny-thing from old to new
C Eb C
The things I want to do the most... I'm un-ab-le to do
F Fm C
Bridge: Un-hap-py am I with all the po-wers I pos-sess
F C
'Cause girl, you're the key to my hap-pi-ness
F
And I... Whoa I... I-I-I-I...
C
Can't get next to you...
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
Outro: Girl, you're blow-ing my mind 'cause I can't get (ne - ext to you)
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
Can't you see these tears I'm cry-ing? I can't get (ne - ext to you)
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
Girl it's you that I need I got-ta get (ne - ext to you)
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
Can't you see the tears I'm cry-ing? I can't get (ne - ext to you)
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
I - I - I - I, I can't get (ne - ext to you)
Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
I - I - I - I, I can't get (ne - ext to you)... repeat to fade
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: C Major - no sharps or flats
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 108
- Voice Range: Eb4 - G6
Song Details:
- Songwriters: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
- Lyrics Begin: I can turn the gray sky bluer...
- Genre: Funk, psychedelic soul
- Featured Artists: The Temptations
- Single:
Recorded: June 23, June 24, June 27, June 30, July 2, and July 3, 1969
Released: July 30, 1969
B-side: Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You) - Album: Puzzle People
Recorded: October 1968 – July 1969
Released: September 23, 1969
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