...MY GUY... by Mary Wells
------------..............

(Written by Smokey Robinson)

*from 'Mary Wells Sings My Guy' (1964)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)


Intro:

G, Am  D

Verse 1:

G                G6
 Nothing you can say,
    Gmaj7     G6
Can tear me a-way,
     G       G6  Gmaj7  G6
From my guy.
G                  G6
 Nothing you could do,
         Gmaj7      G6
'Cos I'm stuck like glue,
   B7
To my guy.

Chorus 1:

    Am             D
I'm sticking to my guy,
       Am         D
Like a stamp to a letter,
     Am         D
Like birds of a feather;
    Am (n.c)
We, stick together.
      G
I can tell you,
         Gmaj7
From the start,
  Am              D7
I can't be torn a-part,
     G       Am  D
From my guy.

Verse 2:

G                  G6
 Nothing you could do,
      Gmaj7         G6
Could make me be un-true,
   G       G6  Gmaj7  G6
To my guy.
G                  G6
 Nothing you could buy,
      Gmaj7          G6
Could make me tell a lie,
   B7
To my guy.

Chorus 2:

  Am      D
I gave my guy,
   Am      D
My word of honour,
Am     D
 To be faithful;
Am (n.c)
 And I'm gonna,
      G
You'd better be,
   Gmaj7
Be-lieving,
  Am          D7
I won't be de-ceiving,
G        Am  D
 My guy.

Bridge 1:

     Am        D
As a matter of opinion,
  Am         D
I think he's tops,
Am          D
 My opinion is;
         G
He's the cream,
       Gmaj7
Of the crop,
     Em        Bm
As a matter of taste,
   Em    Bm
To be ex-act;
A7
 He's my ideal,
     D7
As a matter of fact.

Verse 2:

   G            G6
No muscle bound man,
      Gmaj7   G6
Could take my hand,
     G       G6  Gmaj7  G6
From my guy.
   G        G6
No handsome face,
           Gmaj7    G6
Could ever take the place,
   B7
Of my guy.

Chorus 3:

   Am      D
He may not be,
  Am    D
A movie star,
            Am
But when it comes,
         D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
 We are,
            G 
There's not a man,
   Gmaj7
To-day,
        Am        D7
Who can take me a-way,
     G       Am  D
From my guy.

Interlude:

G, Am  D

Verse 3:

   G            G6
No muscle bound man,
      Gmaj7   G6
Could take my hand,
     G       G6  Gmaj7  G6
From my guy.
   G        G6
No handsome face,
           Gmaj7    G6
Could ever take the place,
   B7
Of my guy.

Chorus 4:

   Am      D
He may not be,
  Am    D
A movie star,
            Am
But when it comes,
         D
To being happy,
Am (n.c)
 We are;

Coda:

(Bass):

(n.c)
 There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am         D
 (what'cha say?)

(n.c)
 There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
From my guy.
Am       D
(Tell me more!)

(n.c)
 There's not a man today,
Who can take me away,
             Am  D
From my guy.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   G       Am      D       G6     Gmaj7    B7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x02210  xx0232  322000  3x443x  021200

   Am      D7      Em      Bm      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  xx0212  022000  x24432  x02223


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)