MY GIRL The Temptations Motown Electric Guitar Lesson @EricBlackmonGuitar Chords

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[E] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Welcome to Eric Blackmon [Dm] Music.
_ [C] _ [Dm] Hi _
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_ _ [G] _ [C] and _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ welcome to my tutorial on how to play My Girl by The Temptations on electric guitar.
The guitar's tune standard, E-A-D-G-B-E.
_ And to start the tune, we'll be learning to play a riff [Eb] that sounds like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [F] _
[C] In order to play that riff, we're going to start on the A string at the 3rd fret,
_ _ change position, move our hand to the 5th fret,
and then we'll play the [D] 5th fret A string, _ _ 7th [E] fret, _ _
move to the D string, [G] 5th fret, _ _ _ [A] 7th fret, _ and end on fret 5 [C] on the G string.
_ So here's our lick. _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [Am] [F] Now we're going to duplicate that lick down here at the 1st fret for an F.
And we'll play it this way.
_ Move to the 3rd [G] fret, [A] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ and we'll play that [C] later in the song. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [Dm] _
_ And we'll repeat that for the verses. _ _
Now, let's go to what we'll play for the chords in the [C] verses.
_ _ [F] Let's go to the [C] verses.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ For _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
the verses, we'll play a C and an F chord, and [Bb] we'll strum them this way.
1, [Em] 2, 3, 4
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ Just like that.
_ Next, we have the pre-chorus, and it'll sound like this.
_ [C] _
[Dm] Now, I'll get you [G] _ [C] some_ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] For the pre-chorus, [C] we'll play C, _ _ _ _ [Dm] D minor, _ _ _ _ [F] F, _ _ _ [G] and G.
We'll _ do [Ab] that twice, but we'll play it this way.
1, [Em] 2, [Dm] 3, 4
[F] 1, 2, [G] 3, [Em] 4
1, [Bb] 2, 3, [Dm] 4
1, 2, 3, [G]
4
And _ then we'll go to the chorus, and the chorus will sound like [Em] this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ For [C] the chorus, we'll play a C major 9 chord, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] and then we'll go to an F [F] chord, _ _ and a [G] G chord.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] We'll play it this way.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
So we play the C major 9 chord, sustain it [C] momentarily,
[E] _ then we start striking it. _ _ _
_ _ [F] F, _ _ _ [G]
and then G.
_ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [F] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ And when we play the F and G, [F] we _ [G] _
went_
[B] Everything else is [A] down strums. _ _
Next, we'll do the bridge, and the bridge will lead us into a modulation.
It's going to sound something like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
And then we'll move to the modulation, _ and our modulation will sound like [A] this. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ And then we'll do a breakdown that goes like this, _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Em] _
_ [Ab] then back to D major [Gb] 9. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ And that's it.
That's how I play My Girl on electric guitar.
_ Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day.
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[Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _