Considerados por muitos como o maior grupo vocal masculino de soul, o Temptations surgiu na cidade americana de Detroit em 1961, da união de dois grupos vocais, o Primes e os Distants. Em 64 gravaram o primeiro álbum, “Meet the Temptations”, que logo alcançou o sucesso, impulsionado pela música "The Way You Do The Things You Do". No ano seguinte lançaram o single “My Girl”, que viria a se tornar sua música de maior sucesso. Em mais de 40 anos de carreira
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...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.