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Song: You are the sunshine of my life
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking book
Tabbed by DJ 14th Mar 2016
I've tried to make an easy as possible guitar tab of this song,
so I'm not really trying to create a definitive version aimed
at all musicians. The voicings are the best combination I could
come up with, hopefully, none of the shapes are too much of a
challenge for a reasonably experienced guitarist.
NOTE:
On guitar the Bm11/E and Cm11/F could be substituted by E7sus4
and F7sus4. I just felt that the m11 chords just worked slightly
better in those chorus progressions, it's a very subtle difference.
KEYBOARD PLAYERS:
To be totally accurate the D#/G should be F#13b9(no7) and the
E/Ab should be G13b9(no7), but these don't sound as good on guitar,
For keyboard players, or guitarists who don't like capos, use the
transpose function set to [+2} to view the song in Stevie's key.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of B)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Amaj9 = x06600 E7 = 022130 F# = 244322 Bb = x13331
E7+ = 030110 E7sus4 = 020200 B = x24442 F/Eb = xx1211
A = x02220 Amaj7 = x02120 F#m7 = 242222 Dm7 = xx0211
E/D = xx0454 D6 = xx0432 B7 = x24242 E/Ab = xx6454
C#m7 = x46454 D/E = xx2232 E = 022100 Cm7 = x35343
D#/G = xx5343 G#m11 = 424422 F7sus4 = 131311 Cm11/F = 111311
Bm7 = x24232 C#7 = x46464 F7 = 131211 Bbmaj7 = x13231
Bm11/E = 024232
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[Intro]
Amaj9 E7+
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]
[Chorus]
A E/D C#m7 D#/G
You are the sunshine of my life,
Bm7 Bm11/E A Bm7 E7
That's why I'll always be around------,
A E/D C#m7 D#/G
You are the apple of my eye,
Bm7 Bm11/E A Bm7 E7sus4
Forever you'll stay in my heart
[Verse 1]
Amaj7 D6 D/E Amaj7 D6 D/E
I feel like this is the be-------ginning,
Amaj7 D6 D/E G#m11 C#7
Though I've loved you for a million years,
F# B C#7 F#m7
And if I thought our love was ...ending,
B B7 E E7sus4 E7
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears, woh - oo, oh - oh!
[Chorus]
A E/D C#m7 D#/G
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
Bm7 Bm11/E A Bm7 E7
That's why I'll always stay around-----, um -um, yeh -yeh,
A E/D C#m7 D#/G
You are the apple of my eye,
Bm7 Bm11/E A Bm7 E7sus4
Forever you'll stay in this heart-------
[Verse 2]
Amaj7 D6 D/E Amaj7 D6 D/E
You must have known that I was ...lonely,
Amaj7 D6 D/E G#m11 C#7
Because you came to my res - cue, oo, goo, woo - oo, goo,
F# B C#7 F#m7
And I know that this must be ...heaven,
B B7 E F7sus4 F7
How could so much love be inside of you? Woh -oo, woh -oh!
[Chorus ]
Bb F/Eb Dm7 E/Ab
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
Cm7 Cm11/F Bb
That's why I'll always stay around--------,
Cm7 F7
Umm, um - um! (Baby!)
Bb F/Eb Dm7 E/Ab
You are the apple of my eye,
Cm7 Cm11/F Bb Cm7 F7sus4
Forever you'll stay in this heart Yeah! (Baby!)
[Chorus ]
Bb F/Eb Dm7 E/Ab
You are the sunshine of my----- life, ...baby,
Cm7 Cm11/F Bb
That's why I'll always stay around-------,
Cm7 F7
Can't stop me, baby,
Bb F/Eb Dm7 E/Ab
You are the apple of my eye,
Cm7 Cm11/F Bb Bbmaj7
Forever you'll stay in my heart