I Wanna Get Next To You Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays539

I Wanna Get Next To You by Rose Royce is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, Em, G, Cm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: 
C     Dm     F 
Dm     C 
Dm    F 
Em    C 

C  
Sittin' here in this chair waitin' on you 
                        F  
Ah baby, to see things my way  

But not a word do you say  
     G                  C  
You won't even look my way  
          G 
Girl, I'm spending my dimes, wasting  
                           F  
My time, talking till I'm black and blue  
                      Em               C  
Ah, can't you see I wanna get next to you  

C                                    Cm           C 
Dreams of you and I go sailing by whenever your eyes meet mine (You're so fine)  
                               F  
And girl you make me feel so insecure You're so beautiful and pure,  
                   C 
Why must you be unkind (And tell me I'm not your kind, blowin my mind)  
G                                    Gm   G 
Girl, my, my money is low and I know That I can't take you to the  
F                           
Fancy places you might wanna go  
              Em      C 
 I wanna get next to you  
F             Em      C 
 I wanna get next to you 

(Instrumental) C    F    Em C 

               G  
Boy, you can bend me, shake me, make me Whatever it takes to please you 

     F 
I'm willing to do 'Cause you're my dream come true  
                  Em     C 
And I wanna get next to you 
    F             Em     C 
And I wanna get next to you 
    F             Em     C 
And I wanna get next to you 
    F             Em     C 
And I wanna get next to you 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante