You Really Got Me

Words & Music:

Ray Davies

Intro:  [play riff 1 4x]

 

Riff 1:                   Riff 2:                   Riff 3:

   F5 G5 F5 G5               G5 A5 G5 A5               C5  D5    C5 D5

E ------------|           E ------------|           E -----------------|

B ------------|           B ------------|           B -----------------|

G ------------|           G ------------|           G -----------------|

D -3--5-5-3-5-|           D -5--7-7-5-7-|           D -10--12-12-10-12-|

A -3--5-5-3-5-|           A -5--7-7-5-7-|           A -10--12-12-10-12-|

E -1--3-3-1-3-|           E -3--5-5-3-5-|           E -8---10-10-8--10-|

[with riff 1]

Girl, you really got me goin'. You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'

Yeah, you really got me now.  You got me so I can't sleep at night.

 

PRE-CHORUS:  [with riff 2]

Yeah, you really got me, now.

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now.

[with riff 3]

Oh, yeah, you really got me, now.

You got me so I can't sleep at night.

 

CHORUS:  [with riff 3]

                                                           C5

You Really Got Me.  You Really Got Me.  You Really Got Me.

 

See, don't ever set me free.  I always wanna be by your side.

Girl, you really got me now.  You got me so I can't sleep at night.

 

PRE-CHORUS:

CHORUS:

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO  [tabbed by Mr. Spooner]:

 

|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------------------|

|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3------------3--------------3--0--3--0---|

|--5b(6)-5b(6)-5b(6)-5b(6)-5b(6)-5b(6)--5b(6)---5b(6)r5p3----3--0--3--0---|

|---------------------------------------------------------5---------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-3-0-3-0--------3------------------3--0--3--0--3-------------------------|

|-3-0-3-0--5b(6)----5b(6)r5p3-------3--0--3--0--3---5b(6)r5p3-------------|

|-----------------------------5--------------------------------5----------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|-6p3---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----6p3----------3-----------------3--0--3-0-3---------------3----------|

|----------5b(6)r5---5b(6)r5p3-------3--0--3-0-3---5b(6)-5b(6)------------|

|------------------------------5------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|--------------6p3--------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------6p3--------3----------------3-0-3-0-3-----------------|

|-5b(6)r5p3--------------5b(6)----5b(6)r5p3-----3-0-3-0-3---5b(6)-5b(6)---|

|-----------5-------------------------------5-----------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|-------------6p3---------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------6p3-----------------------------------------------------|

|-5b(6)-5b(6)----------5b(6)--5b(6)r5p3-----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------5--------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

See, don't ever set me free.  I always wanna be by your side.

Girl, you really got me, now.  You got me so I can't sleep at night.

 

PRE-CHORUS:

CHORUS:

 

OUTRO:

D(5)     D7(5)

 




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