Biography:
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America "bridging the color lines in music at the time."
With a string of hit singles mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962)
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Original tuning : 1.5 step up
Intro:
G, Am D
Verse 1:
G G6
Nothing you can say,
Gmaj7 G6
Can tear me a-way,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
Nothing you could do,
Gmaj7 G6
'Cos I'm stuck like glue,
B7
To my guy.
Chorus 1:
Am D
I'm sticking to my guy,
Am D
Like a stamp to a letter,
Am D
Like birds of a feather;
Am (n.c)
We, stick together.
G
I can tell you,
Gmaj7
From the start,
Am D7
I can't be torn a-part,
G Am D
From my guy.
Verse 2:
G G6
Nothing you could do,
Gmaj7 G6
Could make me be un-true,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
To my guy.
G G6
Nothing you could buy,
Gmaj7 G6
Could make me tell a lie,
B7
To my guy.
Chorus 2:
Am D
I gave my guy,
Am D
My word of honour,
Am D
To be faithful;
Am (n.c)
And I'm gonna,
G
You'd better be,
Gmaj7
Be-lieving,
Am D7
I won't be de-ceiving,
G Am D
My guy.
Bridge 1:
Am D
As a matter of opinion,
Am D
I think he's tops,
Am D
My opinion is;
G
He's the cream,
Gmaj7
Of the crop,
Em Bm
As a matter of taste,
Em Bm
To be ex-act;
A7
He's my ideal,
D7
As a matter of fact.
Verse 2:
G G6
No muscle bound man,
Gmaj7 G6
Could take my hand,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
No handsome face,
Gmaj7 G6
Could ever take the place,
B7
Of my guy.
Chorus 3:
Am D
He may not be,
Am D
A movie star,
Am
But when it comes,
D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
We are,
G
There's not a man,
Gmaj7
To-day,
Am D7
Who can take me a-way,
G Am D
From my guy.
Interlude:
G, Am D
Verse 3:
G G6
No muscle bound man,
Gmaj7 G6
Could take my hand,
G G6 Gmaj7 G6
From my guy.
G G6
No handsome face,
Gmaj7 G6
Could ever take the place,
B7
Of my guy.
Chorus 4:
Am D
He may not be,
Am D
A movie star,
Am
But when it comes,
D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
We are;
Coda:
(Bass):
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am D
(what'cha say?)
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am D
(Tell me more!)
(n.c)
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
Am D
From my guy.
(Repeat to Fade)
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY
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