...PASTIME PARADISE... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (1976)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Ab)
Intro:
F Dm E7 Am (x3)
Verse 1:
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in a pastime paradise.
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in a pastime paradise.
F Dm
They've been wasting most their time,
E7 Am
Glori-fying days long gone behind.
F Dm
They've been wasting most their days,
E7 Am
In re-membrance of ignorance oldest praise.
Tell me...
Chorus 1:
F Dm E7 Am
Who of them, will come to be?
F Dm E7 Am
How ma-ny of them, are you and me?
F Dm
Dissi-pation,
E7 Am
Race re-lations.
F Dm
Conso-lation,
E7 Am
Segre-gation.
F Dm
Dispen-sation, iso-lation,
E7 Dm
Exploi-tation, muti-lation.
F Dm
Mu-tations, miscre-ation,
E7 Am
Confir-mation, to the evils of the world.
Verse 2:
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in the future paradise.
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in the future paradise.
F Dm
They've been looking in their minds,
E7 Am
For the day that sorrows gone from time.
F Dm
They keep telling of the day,
E7 Am
When the Savior of love will come to stay.
Tell me...
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Chorus 2:
F Dm E7 Am
Who of them, will come to be?
F Dm E7 Am
How ma-ny of them, are you and me?
F Dm
Procla-mation,
E7 Am
Of Race Re-lations,
F Dm
Conso-lation,
E7 Am
Inte-gretion.
F
Verifi-cation,
Dm
Of Reve-lations,
E7
Accla-mation,
Am
World Sal-vation.
F Dm
Vi-brations, stimu-lation,
E7 Am
Confir-mation, to the peace of the world.
Verse 3:
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in a pastime paradise.
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in a pastime paradise.
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in the future paradise.
F Dm
They've been spending most their lives,
E7 Am
Living in the future paradise.
F Dm
We've been spending too much of our lives,
E7 Am
Living in a pastime paradise.
F Dm
Let's start living our lives,
E7 Am
Living for the, future paradise.
F Dm
Praise to our lives,
E7 Am
Living for the, future paradise.
F Dm
Shame to anyone's lives,
E7 Am
Living in the pastime paradise.
Coda:
(Haire Krishna and,
'We Shall Overcome' chants)
F Dm E7 Am
(End on F)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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F Dm E7 Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x33210 xx0231 020100 x02210
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
