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Since I Lost My Baby
Temptations
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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 F#m
D F#m G D x2 (with strings)
D F#m G D
The sun is shining, there's plenty of light (oh yeah)
D F#m G D
A new day is dawning, sunny and bright (oh yeah)
D
But after I've been crying all night
D F#m G D
The sun is cold, and the new day seems old
(CHORUS)
D
Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
G
Oh, 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
Next time I'll be kinder (Next time I'll be kinder)
D D
Won't you please help me find her (Won't you please help me find her)
G G
Someone just remind her (Someone just remind her)
D D
Of this love she left behind her (Of this love she left behind her)
G G
�Til I find her I'll be tryin� ta (�Til I find her I'll be tryin� ta)
G D G D G D
Everyday I'm more inclined ta find her
G D G D G G G A A D
Inclined ta find her Inclined ta find my baby
G D G G G G A A 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)
D
Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
G G G G A A A D
Oh, since I lost my baby (since I �) I feel so bad (since I lost my baby)
G G G G A A A D
I feel so sad (since I �) Everything is wrong (since I lost my baby)
G G G G A A A D
This heart is hard to carry on (since I �) I'm lost as can be (since I �)
G
What's gonna happen to me?
(fade)