Michael Jackson — Got To Be There Chords

...GOT TO BE THERE... by Michael Jackson
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*from 'Got to Be There' (1971)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: G#)


Intro:

Gmaj7, Am7 (x2)

Verse 1:

Gmaj7
 Got to be there,
Got to be there,
       Cmaj7 C
In the mor  —ning,
     Am
When she says,
    Am7       Gmaj7
Hel—lo to the world.

Gmaj7
 Got to be there,
Got to be there,
          Cmaj7 C
Bring her good  times,
    Am
And show her,
     Am7      Gmaj7
That she's my girl.

Bridge 1:

Am7        D
 Oh what a feeling,
         Gmaj7
There'll be,
    Am7      D
The moment I know,
    Gmaj7 D7  Em7
She loves me...
            D7sus4
'Cos when I look,
In her eyes,
I realize...
I need her,
Sharing her world,
   C#     Am7  D7sus4
Be—side...me.
So I've...

Verse 2:

Gmaj7
 Got to be there,
Got to be there,
       Cmaj7 C
In the mor  —ning...
    Am
And welcome her,
Am7      Gmaj7
 Into my world,
    Am
And show her that,
Am7        Gmaj7
 She is my girl.
     Am7
When she says, hello...
Gmaj7   Am7
 world..!
           D7sus4
(Got to be there)...
I need her,
Sharing her world,
   C#     Am7  D7sus4
Be—side...me.
Thats why I've...

Verse 3:

Gmaj7
 Got to be there,
Got to be there
      Cmaj7   C
Where love be—gins,
    Am
And that's,
      Am7       Gmaj7
Every—where she goes,
    Am        Am7
Ive got to be there,
       Gmaj7
So she knows.
     Am7
That when,
She's with me,
      Gmaj7   Am7
She's home...

Coda:

Gmaj7
 (Got to be there),
          Am7
Got to be there,
Got to be there.

Gmaj7
 (Got to be there),
          Am7
Got to be there,
Got to be there.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Gmaj7    Am7    Cmaj7    C       Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 3x443x  x02013  x32000  032010  x02210

   D       D7      Em7    D7sus4   C#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  xx0212  022030  xx0213  x46664


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)