The Temptations (Detroit, 1961), grupo de música soul, rhythm and blues y pop, aunque se han acercado igualmente a distintas fusiones de estilos musicales y al funk con cierta carga política. Fue el más importante grupo vocal masculino de los años sesenta.
Estuvo inicialmente formado por cinco cantantes a partir de la fusión de dos grupos de Detroit, the Primes y the Distants. Otis Williams, Elbridge (conocido como El, o Al) Bryant y Melvin Franklin eran ya unos veteranos de la escena musical de Detroit cuando formaron the Distants
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...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, F7Eb7, C
FFm7C (n.C)
Verse 1:
CF7C I, can turn a grey sky blue, CF7C And I can make it rain, when-ever I want it to. CF7C Oh, I can build a castle, from a single grain of sand, CF7C And I can make a ship sail, uh, on dry land.
Chorus 1:
FFm7C But my life is incom-plete and I'm so blue. FFm7C 'Cos I can't get next to you.
CF7CF7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you. CF7CF7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you.
Verse 2:
CF7C I can fly, like a bird in the sky, CF7C And I can buy any-thing, that money can buy. CF7C Oh, I can turn a river, into a ragin' fire, CF7C I can live forever, If I so desire.
Chorus 2:
FFm7C Unim-portant are all the things I can do, FFm7C 'Cos I can't get next to you.
CF7CF7 Can't get next to you, babe, I can't get next to you.
CF7C I can turn back the hands of time; you better believe I can. CF7C I can make the season change, just by wavin' my hand. CF7C Oh, I can change any-thing from old to new. CF7C The thing I want to do the most; I'm unable to do.
Chorus 3:
FFm7C Unhappy am I, with all the powers I possess. FFm7C 'Cos girl, you're the key to my happiness. FFm7 And I...
Coda:
C Cant get next to you, (girl, you're blowin' my mind). EbCEbC 'Cos I cant get ne-ext to you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying? EbCEbC I cant get ne-ext to you. Girl, it's you I need, I gotta get; EbCEbC Ne-ext to you. Can't you see these tears I'm crying? EbCEbC I cant get ne-ext to you.