• Song:

    You Got To Me

  • Artist:

    Neil Diamond

  • Album:

    The Greatest Hits 1966-...

YOU GOT TO ME  (Neil Diamond)  (1967)

Intro riff: |G F D F G F |G F D F G| x 2

Harmonica Solo:
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |

Verse 1:
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Mama, she always told me it would happen.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
But she never said that it would happen like this.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Papa said some little girl'll catch you napping.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Some little girl will get to you with a/her? kiss.

CHORUS:
G                   C          D     G
You got to me.  You brought me to my knees.
C             D        G
Never thought I'd say, please, girl.
           C             D
You got to me! Got to my soul.
           G                 Em
You got to me! You've got control.
           C              D
You got to me! You got to me!
                 |G F D F G F |G F D F G| x 2
You've got to be mine.

Verse 2:
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Used to slip though every girl's hand like water.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Never was one who could ever tie me down.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
Straight ahead and steady as Gibraltar.
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |
'Til you brought me tumbling to the ground.

CHORUS:
G                   C          D     G
You got to me.  You brought me to my knees.
C             D        G
Never thought I'd say, please, girl.
           C             D
You got to me! Got to my soul.
           G                 Em
You got to me! You've got control.
           C              D
You got to me! You got to me!
                 |G F D F G F |G F D F G| x 2
You've got to be mine.

Middle 8 (Harmonica solo):
|G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |G C G D |  x 2

CHORUS:
G                   C          D     G
You got to me.  You brought me to my knees.
C             D        G
Never thought I'd say, please, girl.
           C             D
You got to me! Got to my soul.
           G                 Em
You got to me! You've got control.
           C              D
You got to me! You got to me!
                 |G F D F G F |G F D F G| (only 1)
You've got to be mine.

Live Coda: |G F D F G F |G F D F G| (once more) and Fine

Studio Coda:
G            C D                 G  C D
You got to me!    You got to me, girl.
G            C D                  G  C D
You got to me!    All right, come on.
G            C D                 G  C D
You got to me    Say you got to me, now.  (& fade)

:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com
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