Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life CD1, track 5

Tabbed by Andrew Stout
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OPENING brass riff x2 (bass doesn't play until bar 8)
                                                                  ____        ____
                                                                  .1          .2
G|--------------|----------------------|-------------------------|----------||11-9-11---------|
D|----------(9)-|-------------------(6)|-------------------(5)(4)|----------||--------4--2-1--|
A|----(6)(9)----|------------(6\5/6)---|------(2)(2)(5\4/5)------|----------||---------------4|
E|-(7)----------|(4)(4)(7\6/7)---------|(3)(3)-------------------|----------||----------------|

VERSE                                               ____              ____
                                                     .1                .2
  |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||------------5---|
D|--------9-------|--------6-------|--------5-------|--------4-2-1---||------4-3-----3-|
A|----9-------9---|----6-------6---|----5-------5---|----4---------4-||----4-----------|
E|7-------------7-|4-------------4-|3-------------3-|2---------------||2---------------|
      Music is a world...
      With an equal...
                          (slide up quickly)
  |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-|5-5-6-67--/-----|7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-|5-6-7-89--------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Just because a record...
But you can tell..

CHORUS
Choruses contain a lot of improvisation around the chords B, Fm, E, C#m, F#
I've tabbed a cycle using the most common improvised riffs, just as an idea
  |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
G|----------------|--------5---85--|----------------|----------------|
D|--------9-------|----6---------6-|----6---9-------|----------------|
A|----9-------9-6-|8--------------8|7-----------7-6-|-----6789-------|
E|7---------------|----------------|----------79----|9---9-------9-6-|
  |   |   |   |    |   |   |     |     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
G|----------------|-------------8-----|----------------|----------------|
D|--------9898----|----6---10610-106--|----9-----------|----------------|
A|----9-------9-6-|8----------------98|7---------9876--|-----6789-9-----|
E|7---------------|-------------------|--------7-------|9---9-------246-|


INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
  |   |   |   |       |      |     |       |   |   |   |   |    |       |      |   |
G|-------------------|-------------16-181920--|13----11--------|----------------------|
D|----------6--------|---------1618-----------|--13-----11--13-|11------11------------|
A|------6----9-------|14-161718---------------|----------------|--1411----141114------|
E|7----7-9-9----14-16|------------------------| ---------------|------14--------------|
  |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
G|8-6-6-----------|----------------|-------4--4-----|----------------|
D|---9-9696-6-----|----------------|-----46--6---6-4|6--4--4---------|
A|---------9---969|6464242---------|--246-----------|-----6----------|
E|----------------|-------4--2-----|24--------------|----------22----|