I Can't Get Next To You — Piano Lead Sheet

"I Can't Get Next To You" lead sheet with chords, melody, and lyrics. Play the melody while following chord symbols above. Perfect for sing-along or accompaniment. Key of C, 60 BPM.

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Lyrics

I. My, my my my. Oh, (C9)I can turn a grey sky blue. I. You see I can make it rain when I want it to. Oh, I can build a cas tle (oh no) from a sin gle grain of sand, yeah. I. You see I can make a ship sail, uh, on dry land chil dren, yeah. Un hap py am I with all the (C7)pow ers that I pos sess, yeah. Girl, you’re the key to my hap pi ness and I can’t get next to you, babe. (Ooh, Lord.) Can’t get next to you. been tryin’ a long time.) Can’t get next to you, (I, babe. I don’t know what Can’t to get do, next to you. ooh.) Let me say (C9)I. My, my, my, my my. Oh, I. Oh, Lord. (C9)I can fly like a bird in the sky. Oh, I. I can buy an y thing that mon ey can buy. Oh, I can turn a riv er in to a rag in’ fire. Oh, I. And I can live for ev er if I so de sire, yeah. Un hap py am I with all the pow ers that I pos sess, yeah, girl. ’Cause girl, you’re the key ’cause I can’t get next to you, babe. (Ba by, ba by.) Can’t get next to you. been tryin’ for such a long Can’t get next to you, babe. (Ooh...) Can’t get next to you. Come on, girl. (C5)(I. My, my, my (C5)my.) Let me tell you that a (C9)I can turn back the hands of time. You bet ter be lieve I can. Oh, I, you see I can make the sea sons change just by wav in’ my hand. Let me say I, I can change an y thing from old to new, girl. Oh, I, yeah. And all the things I wan na do the most, you see, I’m un a ble to do, yeah. Un im por tant are all these things that I’m tryin’ to do ev ’ry day. But girl, you see I can’t get next to you babe. try in’ a long time.) Can’t get next to you. some bod y ought to help me.) Can’t get next to you, babe. let me, let me go.) Can’t get next to you. woo! let me!) (C9)I, Lord, I been work in’ on it ba by. I been think in’ a bout it. Oh, I. You see I been tryin’ to call you all day long, but you see, I don’t have your phone num ber, hon ey, I, I been, I been think in’ ’bout you, ba by some thin’ aw ful. You see, I... Oh, I. Some time I feel like I wan na moan a bout it, and I, and I just don’t know what to say, and I say: hmmm hmm. Yeah. Oh, I.

Song Details

Category
R&B/Soul
Key
C
Tempo
60 BPM
Difficulty
hard
Artist
Al Green

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  3. 3
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