...SO WHAT THE FUSS... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'A Time To Love' (2005)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Cm)


Intro/Riff:

    Am         G           F           E7
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------5-----|-----------------7-5--|
D|--7--5--7-7-----7--|--5--7-7-7--5-7-------|
A|-------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|

(Riff repeated in Verse/Chorus)

Verse 1:

                   Am                     G
If I'm caught at a dance party without my dancin' shoes,
          F                      E7             Am  G  F  E7
And every-body dances on my bare feet; shame on me.
                  Am             G
If I'm mindin' my business, just doin' the right thing,
        F                          E7               Am  G  F  E7
And you try to front me off in the street; shame on you.

              Am                                   G
If a family's waiting for that special blessing to come their way,
               F                                E7             Am   G  F  E7
But they ain't tryin' to get on their knees and pray; shame on them.
                    Am                                  G
And if we live in a time where every nation's fighting 'round the world,
             F                           E7            Am  G  F  E7
Yet we can't all agree that peace is the way; shame on us.

Chorus 1:

         Am  G         F   E7
Shame on me,  shame on you.
         Am   G         F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us.
         Am           G
Shame on me, shame on you,
         F              E7              Am   G  F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us; so what the fuss?

Verse 2:

                  Am                         G
If I gotta get up early in the morning for a job interview,
          F                       E7             Am  G  F  E7
And I for-get to set the stupid a-larm; shame on me.
                   Am                           G
If my children are playin' outside, like little children do,
              F
And you come 'round there tryin' to,
                E7             Am   G  F  E7
Bring them some harm; shame on you.

            Am
Should I be drivin' through a Klantown,
                     G
Find a restaurant to get me some food,
                       F                        E7              Am   G  F  E7
And someone says; "hey boy, we don't serve your kind"; shame on them.
          Am                                         G
And if we live in a democracy and you don't use your power to vote,
        F                                         E7             Am  G  F  E7
Knowin' some would like to turn back the hands of time; shame on us.

Chorus 2:

         Am  G         F   E7
Shame on me,  shame on you.
         Am   G         F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us.
         Am           G
Shame on me, shame on you,
         F              E7              Am   G  F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us; so what the fuss?

Verse 3:

                   Am                                G
If I'm hooked on a habit, knowin' damn well it could cost me my life,
           F                           E7            Am  G  F  E7
Yet I keep doin' what I should do with-out; shame on me.
                      Am                                G
If you're locked in a marriage and your other half just gives you abuse,
               F                                   E7            Am  G  F  E7
Yet you've con-vinced yourself that there's no way out; shame on you.

                     Am                             G
If we're jammin' the music and somebody's go the au-dacity,
            F                           E7           Am   G  F  E7
To say that they can jam it better than us; shame on them.
                           Am                               G
And should there be just a handful that believe that we are totally free,
            F                      E7                Am   G  F  E7
And there's no need to fight for e-quality; shame on them.

Chorus 3:

         Am  G         F   E7
Shame on me,  shame on you.
         Am   G         F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us.
         Am           G
Shame on me, shame on you,
         F              E7              Am   G  F  E7
Shame on them, shame on us; so what the fuss?

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am      G       F       E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  320003  133211  020100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)