Stevie Wonder, nome artístico de Steveland Judkins Hardaway, (Saginaw, Michigan, 13 de Maio de 1950) é um compositor, cantor e ativista de causas humanitárias e sociais norte-americano, cego de nascença.
Com onze anos ele começou a gravar (sob o pseudônimo de Little Stevie Wonder) e rapidamente se tornou conhecido como um dos mais inovadores e influentes cantores/compositores de seu tempo. Foi também um dos mais bem sucedidos artistas da gravadora Motown.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...HAPPY BIRTHDAY... by Stevie Wonder --------------------.................
*from 'Hotter than July' (1980)*
Intro:
CF/C, C, A#D#, A#, AmEmAm, GF/G (x2)
Verse 1:
CF/C, C You know it doesn't make much sense, A#D#, A# There ought to be a law against; AmEmAm Any-one who takes offense, GF/G At a, day in your celebration.
CF/C, C 'Cos we all know in our minds, A#D#, A# That there ought to be a time, AmEm, Am That we can set aside; GF/G To show just how much we love you.
Bridge 1:
FG And I'm sure you would agree; what could fit more perfectly, FF/G Than to have a world party, on the day you came to be?
Chorus 1:
CF/C, C Happy birthday to you, F/C, C Happy birthday to you, FC Happy birth-day.
CF/C, C Happy birthday to you, F/C, C Happy birthday to you, FC Happy birth-day.
Verse 2:
CF/C, C I just never understood, A#D#, A# How a man who died for good, AmEm, Am Could not have a day that would, GF/G Be set aside for his recognition.
CF/C, C Because it should never be, A#D#, A# Just be-cause some cannot see, AmEm, Am The dream as clear as he. GF/G That they, should make it be-come an illusion.
Bridge 2:
FG And we all know everything, that he stood for, time will bring. FF/G For in peace our hearts will sing; thanks to Martin Luther King.
Chorus 2:
CF/C, C Happy birthday to you, F/C, C Happy birthday to you, FC Happy birth-day.
CF/C, C Happy birthday to you, F/C, C Happy birthday to you, FC Happy birth-day.
Middle 8:
Dm7Am7 Why has there never been a holiday, Dm7G#A#C Where peace is celebrated, all through-out the wo-rld?
Verse 3:
CF/C, C The time is overdue, A#D#, A# For peo-ple like me and you, AmEm, Am Who know the way to truth; GF/G Is love and unity to all God's children.
CF/C, C It should be a great event, A#D#, A# And the whole day should be spent, AmEm, Am In full remembrance, GF/G Of those who lived and died, for the oneness of all people.
Bridge 3:
FG So let us all begin, we know that love can win. FF/GF#/G# Let it out; don't hold it in, sing it loud as you can...
*KEY CHANGE* ------------
Chorus 3:
C#F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#C# Happy birth-day.
C#F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#C# Happy birth-day.
Chorus 4:
C#F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#C# Happy birth-day.
C#F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#/C#, C# Happy birthday to you, F#C# Happy birth-day.
C#B We know the key, to unity of all people, A#m Is in the dream that you had so long a-go, G#F#/G# That lives in all of the hearts of people, C# That believe in unity. B We'll make the dream become a reality; A#mG#F#/G# I know we will, because our hearts tell us so.