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!
...PASTIME PARADISE... by Stevie Wonder ----------------------.................
*from 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Ab)
[Intro]
FDmE7Am (x3)
[Verse 1]
FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
FDmE7Am They've been wasting most their time, Glori-fying days long gone behind. FDm They've been wasting most their days, E7Am In re-membrance of ignorance oldest praise. Tell me...
[Chorus 1]
FDmE7Am Who of them, will come to be? FDmE7Am How ma-ny of them, are you and me?
FDmE7Dm Dispen-sation, iso-lation, exploi-tation, muti-lation. FDmE7Am Mu-tations, miscre-ation, confir-mation, to the evil's of the world.
[Verse 2]
FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
FDm They've been looking in their minds, E7Am For the day that sorrow's gone from time. FDm They keep telling of the day, E7Am When the Saviour of love will come to stay. Tell me...
[Chorus 2]
FDmE7Am Who of them, will come to be? FDmE7Am How ma-ny of them, are you and me?
FDmE7Am Procla-mation, of Race Re-lations, FDmE7Am Conso-lation, inte-gretion.
FDmE7Am Verifi-cation, of Reve-lations, accla-mation, world sal-vation. FDmE7Am Vi-brations, stimu-lation, confir-mation, to the peace of the world.
[Verse 3]
FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. FDmE7Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
FDmE7Am We've been spending too much of our lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. FDmE7Am Let's start living our lives, living for, the future paradise. FDmE7Am Praise to our lives, living for, the future paradise. FDmE7Am Shame to anyone's lives, living in the pastime paradise.
Coda: (Hare Krishna and 'We Shall Overcome' chants)