...EBONY EYES... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (1976)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
D7
Verse 1:
G G7
She's a Miss beautiful sup-reme,
B7
A girl that others wish,
That they could be.
E7
If there's seven wonders of the world,
A7 Adim
Then I know she's gotta be number one.
Chorus 1:
G E7 A7 D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 A7 D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7
She's a devastating beauty,
A7 D9 G C9 G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Verse 2:
G
She's the sunflower,
G7
Of nature's seeds,
A girl that some men,
B7
Only find in their dreams.
E7
When she smiles it,
Seems the stars all know,
A7
'Cos one by one they start to,
Adim
Light up the sky.
Chorus 2:
G E7 A7 D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 A7 D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7
She's a devastating beauty,
A7 D9 G C9 G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Chorus 3:
G E7 A7 D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 A7 D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7
She's a devastating beauty,
A7 D9 G C9 G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Verse 3:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stevie_wonder/ebony_eyes_crd.html ]
G G7
When she starts talking soft and sweet,
Like birds of spring,
B7
Her words all seem to sing.
E7
With a rhythm that is made of love,
A7 Adim
And the happiness that she only brings.
Chorus 4:
G E7 A7 D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 A7 D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7
She's a devastating beauty,
A7 D9 G C9 G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Verse 4:
(Instrumental)
G G7 B7 E7 A7 Adim (x2)
(Ad-libs over above Verse Chords):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Pretty black beauty,
Yeah, hea yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus 5:
G E7 A7 D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 A7 D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7
She's a devastating beauty,
A7 D9
A pretty girl with ebony...
Coda:
*(single notes)*
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y.
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G7
Eyes...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G G7 B7 E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 323000 021200 020100
A7 Adim D9 C9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 x02323 x5455x x3233x
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
