...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 E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been wasting most their time, 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 E7 Am
Dissi-pation, race re-lations.
F Dm E7 Am
Conso-lation, segre-gation.
F Dm E7 Dm
Dispen-sation, iso-lation, exploi-tation, muti-lation.
F Dm E7 Am
Mu-tations, miscre-ation, confir-mation, to the evil's of the world.
[Verse 2]
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
F Dm
They've been looking in their minds,
E7 Am
For the day that sorrow's gone from time.
F Dm
They keep telling of the day,
E7 Am
When the Saviour of love will come to stay. Tell me...
[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 E7 Am
Procla-mation, of Race Re-lations,
F Dm E7 Am
Conso-lation, inte-gretion.
F Dm E7 Am
Verifi-cation, of Reve-lations, accla-mation, world sal-vation.
F Dm E7 Am
Vi-brations, stimu-lation, confir-mation, to the peace of the world.
[Verse 3]
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
We've been spending too much of our lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
Let's start living our lives, living for, the future paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
Praise to our lives, living for, the future paradise.
F Dm E7 Am
Shame to anyone's lives, living in the pastime paradise.
Coda: (Hare 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
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
