...EBONY EYES... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
D7
Verse 1:
G
She's a Miss beautiful supreme,
B7
A girl that others wish that they could be.
E7 E6 E7aug E E7
If there's se-ven won -ders of the world,
A9 Adim
Then I know she's gotta be number one.
Chorus 1:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6 G C9 G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Verse 2:
G
She's the sunflower of nature's seeds,
B7
A girl that some men only find in their dreams.
E7 E6 E7aug E E7
When she smiles, it seems the stars all know,
A9 Adim
'Cos one by one they start to light up the sky.
Chorus 2:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6 G C9 G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Interlude:
G B7, E7 E6 E7aug E E7, A9 Adim
Chorus 3:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6 G C9 G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Verse 3:
G
When she starts talking soft and sweet,
B7
Like birds of spring, her words all seem to sing.
E7 E6 E7aug E E7
With a rhy-thm that is made of love,
A9 Adim
And the happiness that she only brings.
Chorus 4:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6 G C9 G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Interlude: (with Vocal Ad Libs)
G B7, E7 E6 E7aug E E7, A9 Adim
Chorus 5:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6 G C9 G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
Interlude: (with Vocal Ad Libs)
G B7, E7 E6 E7aug E E7, A9 Adim
Chorus 6:
G E7 C C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
G E7 C C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
G E7 A7 D6
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony...
Coda: *(single notes)*
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y.
G B C C# D E F#
Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G B C C# D E F# G7
Ey-ey-es, eb-on-y, eyes...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D7 G B7 E7 E6 E7aug E A9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0212 320003 x21202 022130 022120 032110 022100 5454xx
Adim C C#dim A7 D6 C9 Daug
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx2323 x32010 xx2323 x02223 xx0202 x3233x xx0332
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
