I Can't Get Next To You chords by Al Green

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I, my, my, my, my
Oh I,
C 
Can turn the gray sky blue,  (C major) I
You see I can make it rain,
when I want it to, oh I
I can build a castle
Cm 
from a single grain of sand, yeah,  (C minor) I
You see I can make a ship sail,

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Chorus 1
on dry land tell 'em yeah
F 
 (F major) I'm unhappy
C 
with all  (C major) the powers I possess, yeah
F 
 (F major) Girl you're the key
to my happiness and I
Cm 
 (C minor) Can't get next to you, babe
Can't get next to you...
I've been trying a long time
Cm 
 (C minor) Can't get next to you babe
I don't know what to do

Verse 2
Let me say
C 
 (C major) I, my, my, my, my
Oh I, Oh Lord
C 
 (C major) I  can fly like a bird
in the sky, oh I
 And I can buy anything
C 
that money can buy, oh  (C major) I
Can turn a river into a raging fire, oh I

Chorus 2
And I can live forever if I so desire, yeah
F 
 (F major) I'm unhappy
C 
with all  (C major) the power I possess, yeah girl
F 
 (F major) 'Cause girl you're the key cause
Cm 
 (C minor) Can't get next to you, babe
Can't get next to you...
I've been trying for such a long...
Cm 
I  (C minor) can't get next to you babe

Interlude 1
Can't get next to you
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 (C major)  (C major) (Let me  (D flat major) tell that)

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) I,
can turn back the hands of time,
You better believe I can, oh I
You see I can take the season's change
just by waving my hand,
C 
let me say  (C major) I
I can change anything
from old to new girl, oh I
 All the things I want to do the most, you see,

Chorus 3
I'm unable to do, yeah
F 
 (F major) Unimportant oh,
C 
 (C major) these things that I'm trying to do here today
F 
 (F major) 'Cause girl you see, I
Cm 
 (C minor) Can't get next to...
I've been trying a long time
Can't get next to you...
Oh somebody oughta help me
Cm 
 (C minor) Can't get next to you...
Let me, let me go
I can't get next to you

Verse 4
Let me
C 
 (C major) I, Lord I've been working on it, baby
I've been thinking about it Oh I
But you see,
I've been trying to call you all day long
But you see I don't have
C 
your phone number, honey,  (C major) I
I've been, I've been,
thinking about you baby, something awful
You see, I, oh I,
sometimes I feel like I want to moan about it
And I, I don't just know what to say
C 
And I say  (C major) I
[Fade out]