...A PLACE IN THE SUN... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Down To Earth' (1966)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ebm)
Intro:
Dm7 G7, C
Verse 1:
Dm7 G7
Like a long lonely stream;
C C/B Am7
I keep runnin' to-wards a dream.
Dm7 G7
Movin' on,
C F C
Movin' on.
Verse 2:
F6 Am7 Dm7 G7
Like a branch on a tree;
C C/B Am7
I keep reachin' to be free.
Dm7 G7
Movin' on,
C F, C
Movin' on.
Chorus 1:
Dm7 G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
Am7 Dm7 G7
Where my poor restless heart's,
C Cmaj7 C6
Gotta run.
Dm7 G7
There's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7 Dm7
Got to find me,
G7 C F C
A place in the sun.
Verse 3:
Dm7 G7
Like an old dusty road;
C C/B Am7
I get we-ary from the load.
Dm7 G7
Movin' on,
C F C
Movin' on.
Verse 4:
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Dm7 G7
Like this tired troubled earth,
C C/B Am7
I've been rollin' since my birth.
Dm7 G7
Movin' on,
C F, C
Movin' on.
Chorus 2:
Dm7 G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
Am7 Dm7 G7
Where my poor restless heart's,
C Cmaj7 C6
Gotta run.
Dm7 G7
There's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7 Dm7
Got to find me,
G7 C F, C
A place in the sun.
Chorus 3:
Dm7 G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
Am7 Dm7 G7
Where my poor restless heart's,
C Cmaj7 C6
Gotta run.
Dm7 G7
There's a place in the sun,
C E7 Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7 Dm7
Got to find me,
G7 C F, C
A place in the sun.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Dm7 G7 C C/B Am7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0211 323000 x32010 x20010 x02013
F E7 Am Cmaj7 C6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x33210 020100 x02210 x32000 x32210
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
