...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 F7 C I, can turn a grey sky blue, C F7 C And I can make it rain, when-ever I want it to. C F7 C Oh, I can build a castle, from a single grain of sand, C F7 C And I can make a ship sail, uh, on dry land. Chorus 1: F Fm7 C But my life is incom-plete and I'm so blue. F Fm7 C 'Cos I can't get next to you. C F7 C F7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you. C F7 C F7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you. Verse 2: C F7 C I can fly, like a bird in the sky, C F7 C And I can buy any-thing, that money can buy. C FC Oh, I can turn a river, into a ragin' fire, C FC I can live forever, If I so desire. Chorus 2: F Fm7 C Unim-portant are all the things I can do, F Fm7 C 'Cos I can't get next to you. C F7 C F7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you. Break: C (n.C) Interlude: C F C Ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh. C F C Ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh. Eb C, Eb C Chick-A-boom, chick-A-boom, Eb C, Eb C Chick-a-boom, boom, boom, boom. Verse 3: C F7 C I can turn back the hands of time; you better believe I can. C F7 C I can make the season change, just by wavin' my hand. C F7 C Oh, I can change any-thing from old to new. C F7 C The thing I want to do the most; I'm unable to do. Chorus 3: F Fm7 C Unhappy am I, with all the powers I possess. F Fm7 C 'Cos girl, you're the key to my happiness. F Fm7 And I... Coda: C Cant get next to you, (girl, you're blowin' my mind). Eb C Eb C 'Cos I cant get ne-ext to you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying? Eb C Eb C I cant get ne-ext to you. Girl, it's you I need, I gotta get; Eb C Eb C Ne-ext to you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying? Eb C Eb C I cant get ne-ext to you. (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- CFEFFEb EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35553 131211 x68686 133211 131111 x68886