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Sunshine In Their Eyes

Biography:

Stevie Wonder is the stage name of Stevland Hardaway Morris (b. Stevland Hardaway Judkins, 13 May 1950 in Saginaw, MI, USA - a.k.a. Little Stevie Wonder), a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. He débuted, as Little Stevie Wonder, with the single "I Call It Pretty Music, But the Old People Call It the Blues" (1961, Tamla Motown) and his latest album is "A Time 2 Love" (Oct 2005, Motown)

Stevland lost his eyesight shortly after birth.

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SUNSHINE IN THEIR EYES by STEVIE WONDER
From “Where I’m coming from” (1971)

PART I

Intro: Eb G+ Fm6 A#9
Cdim7 Bb7 A#9sus4

Verse 1
Eb G+ Fm6 A#9
A lonesome tear, a hungry face
Cdim7 Bb7 A#9sus4
A barren pain, a dream unchased

Chorus
C#maj7 C#7 F#maj7 E7 F#m6 B7 C#
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes

Verse 2
A prayer is heard
By one so small
Let love be in the
Hearts of all

Chorus
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes

Bridge
D#m9 A#9 D#m9 A#9
You and I may never see them cry
Dm9 A9 Am6
Or wonder why the world's so cold

D#m9 A#m6
You feel that they're too young
D#m9 A#m6
To take a look around

Dm9 Fm9 G#m9 F9
But in their faces I can see the trouble all around

Verse 3
Today we must
Turn into lies
The truth already
In their minds

chorus
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes

C#maj7 C#7 F#maj7 E7
Do do do do do do do do
F#m6 B7 C#
There's sunshine in their eyes

C#maj7 C#7 F#maj7 E7
Hey no no
F#m6 B7 C#
Sunshine in their eyes

C# C#M7 A#m11 C#6 G#
Uh uh

PART II

Verse A
G#
All my mother's worried
D#+
'Cause she feels the world is ending
F#maj7 F#m B7
She believes that everything is coming to an end

Verse B
Papa being real careful
'Cause his brother Sam was robbed
trying to buy just a loaf of bread for baby John

Pre Chorus
Bb
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
Bb
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air

Chorus
F7 A#9
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9 G#
Everything is happenin'
F7 A#9
When is the tune now we are domed
D#9 G#
Everything is Happenin'

Verse C
G#
Cost of livin's up
D#+
But the pay is low down
F#maj7
Hate to see the baby starve
F#m B7
'Cause mama can't be found

Verse D
Sister lives alone
Bolts and chains her door at night
Never ever walks an alley or a short away

Pre Chorus
Bb
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
Bb
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air

Chorus
F7 A#9
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9 G#
Everything is happenin'
F7 A#9
When is the tune now we are domed
D#9 G#
Everything is Happenin'

Verse E
G#
Brother Bill gone fighting
D#+
In a place where he is a stranger
F#maj7 F#m B7
But could men die a stranger in every war

Verse F
We all hide in shame
Boldly pour into another
When the blame we know for sure is right in ourselves
In ourselves
Chorus
F7 A#9
Sad is the song rolling along
D#9 G#
Everything is happenin'
F7 A#9
When is the tune now we are domed
D#9 G#
Everything is Happenin'

end
G# D#+ F#maj7 F#m B7 to coda….
Da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da
Hey hey hey

Da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da
Everybody sings now

Da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da
Hey

Tabbed by Julien Rouiller Paris 2008

CHORDS

Gadd (G+) : xx5443
Cdim7 : x34242
A#9sus4 : x1111x
D#m9 : x6466x
Dm9 : x5355x
A9 : 54545x
Am6 : 5345xx
A#m6 : 6456xx
Fm9 : x8688x
G#m9 : x1191111x
F9 : x8788x
A#m11 : 646544
C#6 : x4332x
D#add (D#+) : xx1003
D#9 : x6566x