...GOLDEN LADY... by Stevie Wonder
-----------------.................
*from 'Innervisions' (1973)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 F#m B7 (x2)
Verse 1:
Cmaj7 Dm7
Looking in your eyes,
Em7 F#m B7
Kind of heaven eyes.
Cmaj7 Dm7
Closing both my eyes,
Em7 F#m B7
Waiting for surprise.
Bridge 1:
C
To see the heaven in your eyes,
Gmaj7
Is not so far,
Fm7 Bb13
'Cos I'm not a-fraid,
Ebmaj9
To try and go it.
Ebm7
To know the love and the beauty,
Ab11 Ab7
Never known be-fore,
F#m(add9)
I'll leave it up,
B7
To you to show it;
Chorus 1:
Em E+ E/D A7
And golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there.
Em E+ E/D A7
Golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there;
Emaj7, Dm G7
Take me right a-way.
Verse 2:
Cmaj7 Dm7
Looking at your hands,
Em7 F#m B7
Hands can understand.
Cmaj7 Dm7
Waiting for the chance,
Em7 F#m B7
Just to hold your hand.
Bridge 2:
C
A touch of rain and sunshine,
Gmaj7
Made the flower grow,
Fm7 Bb13
Into a lovely smile,
Ebmaj9
That's blooming.
Ebm7
And it's so clear to me,
Ab11 Ab7
That you're a dream come true,
F#m(add9)
There's no way that,
B7
I'll be losing;
Chorus 2:
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Em E+ E/D A7
And golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there.
Em E+ E/D A7
Golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there;
Emaj7, Dm G7
Take me right a-way.
Interlude:
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 F#m B7 (x2)
Bridge 3:
C
A touch of rain and sunshine,
Gmaj7
Made the flower grow,
Fm7 Bb13
Into a lovely smile,
Ebmaj9
That's blooming.
Ebm7
And it's so clear to me,
Ab11 Ab7
That you're a dream come true,
F#m(add9)
There's no way that,
B7
I'll be losing;
Coda:
Em E+ E/D A7
And golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there.
Em E+ E/D A7
Golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there;
Emaj7, Dm
Take me right a-way.
Em E+ E/D A7
And golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there.
Em E+ E/D A7
Golden lady, golden lady,
Fmaj7
I'd like to go there;
Emaj7, Dm
Take me right a-way.
(Repeat To Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 F#m B7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32000 xx0211 022030 244222 021200 x32010
Gmaj7 Fm7 Bb13 Ebmaj9 Ebm7 Ab11
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x 131111 x10133 xx1031 x68676 4346xx
Ab7 F#m(add9) Em E+ E/D A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
464544 242224 022000 021000 020000 x02223
Fmaj7 Emaj7 Dm Cmaj9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x03210 021100 xx0231 x3243x
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)