I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops) Guitar Lesson with Backing Tracks + TAB

I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) | TAB

Let’s start with the bass line and then see how we can expand on it.

Intro

This later returns as a re-intro/breakdown. Here’s the bass line:

Next, let’s modify this part so you contribute rather than just copy — start by playing an octave up:

On the recording, the bass starts first, then the keyboard enters, followed by the strings higher up. Try this:

You could also hold that C/G for two bars, or experiment with other shapes of a C chord.

Chorus + Verse

Here’s a simple part that works for both the chorus and verse — this is what’s happening on the recording:

We can modify it to explore the fretboard and see if we can find something better:

Here’s a third idea — now we’re playing very high up the neck:

Idea 4 doubles up on the hits while maintaining the previous shapes:

Idea 5 moves down the fretboard:

The final example is a real challenge. Once you can play this, try applying the same approach to other areas of the neck:

When you can play all of this TAB and start improvising, return to the chords lesson and see if you can move around the neck in an improvised way using only the chord chart.

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I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) | Chords + Lyrics

You can learn how to play I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops using chords, lyrics, a chord chart, and the original recording.

| C | C | G | G |
Oh, sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you…

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