#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME) Performed by the Temptations Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong (C)1971 Stone Agate Music (BMI) C F C F / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / C F C F Ooo ooo ooooo, ooooooo / / / / C F C F Each day through my window I watch up as she passes by / / / / C F C F I say to myself, You're such a lucky guy / / / / C F C F To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true C F C F Out of all the fellas in the world, she belongs to you / / / C F C F But it was just my 'magination / / / / runnin' away with me / / C F C F It was just my 'magination runnin' away with me / / / / C F C F (Soon) Soon we'll be married and raise a family (wo yeah) C F C F A cozy little home out in the country, with two children, maybe three / / / C F C F I tell you, I------can visualize it all / / / / C F C F This couldn't be a dream, I tell you how real it all seems / / / C F C F But it was just my 'magination once again runnin' away with me / / C F C Tell you, it was just my 'magination runnin' away with me 1 / / / 2 Every night, on my knees, I pray Dear Lord, hear my plea Don't ever let another take her love from me G7 Or I would surely die / / / C Her love is heavenly When her arms enfold me I feel a tender love so deep But in reality, she doesn't even know me (Repeat and fade): C F C F Just my 'magination once again runnin' away with me, oh C F C F Tell you, it was just my 'magination runnin' away with me / / / /