SINCE I LOST MY BABY
by The Temptations, 1965
tabbed by Rob Stahl (rgs25@drexel.edu)

Key of Eb     Capo I and play in D

(Intro)
D (xx0232@1)               F#m (244222@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       F#m (244222@1)     G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  x2 (with strings)

    D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)            G (320003@1)       DThe (xx0232@1)sun is shining, there's plenty of light (oh yeah)
  D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)       DA (xx0232@1)new day is dawning, sunny and bright (oh yeah)
    DBut (xx0232@1)after I've been crying all night
    D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)         G (320003@1)           DThe (xx0232@1)sun is cold, and the new day seems old

(CHORUS)
DSince (xx0232@1)I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
    GOh, (320003@1)since I lost my baby (Oh, since I lost my baby)

The birds are singin' and the children are playin'
There's plenty of work and the bosses are payin'
Not a sad word should a young heart be sayin'
But fun is a bore and with money I'm poor

(repeat CHORUS)
G (320003@1)                       
Next time I'll be kinder (Next time I'll be kinder)
          D (xx0232@1)                                DWon't (xx0232@1)you please help me find her (Won't you please help me find her)
G (320003@1)                      GSomeone (320003@1)just remind her (Someone just remind her)
        D (xx0232@1)                               DOf (xx0232@1)this love she left behind her (Of this love she left behind her)
       G (320003@1)                                G'Til (320003@1)I find her I'll be tryin' ta ('Til I find her I'll be tryin' ta)
     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)    DEveryday (xx0232@1)I'm more inclined ta      find  her
  G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G      G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)DInclined (xx0232@1)ta     find her    Inclined ta find my baby
G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)                      G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
 Been looking everywhere (Ba--by) Baby   I really, really care!

Oh, determination is fading fast (oh yeah)
Inspiration is a thing of the past (oh yeah)
Can't see how my hope's gonna last
Good things are bad and what's happy is sad

(Outro)
DSince (xx0232@1)I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
    G (320003@1)                    G (320003@1) G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)  DOh, (xx0232@1)since I lost my baby  (since I  ) I feel so bad   (since I lost my baby)
          G (320003@1)       G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)  DI (xx0232@1)feel so sad   (since I  )   Everything is wrong   (since I lost my baby)
                            G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)  DThis (xx0232@1)heart is hard to carry on  (since I  )  I'm lost as can be   (since I  ) 
                       GWhat's (320003@1)gonna happen to me?

(fade)