...A PLACE IN THE SUN... by Stevie Wonder
------------------------.................

*from 'Down To Earth' (1966)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Ebm)


Intro:

Dm7  G7, C

Verse 1:

       Dm7         G7
Like a long lonely stream;
       C          C/B     Am7
I keep runnin' to-wards a dream.
Dm7        G7
 Movin' on,
       C   F  C
Movin' on.

Verse 2:

F6    Am7 Dm7         G7
 Like a   branch on a tree;
       C        C/B   Am7
I keep reachin' to be free.
Dm7       G7
 Movin' on,
       C   F, C
Movin' on.

Chorus 1:

               Dm7          G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
              C        E7    Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
      Am7 Dm7           G7
Where my  poor restless heart's,
      C    Cmaj7  C6
Gotta run.

          Dm7          G7
There's a place in the sun,
       C       E7      Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7     Dm7
 Got to find me,
  G7           C    F  C
A place in the sun.

Verse 3:

        Dm7       G7
Like an old dusty road;
      C      C/B      Am7
I get we-ary from the load.
Dm7        G7
 Movin' on,
       C   F  C
Movin' on.

Verse 4:

          Dm7            G7
Like this tired troubled earth,
          C       C/B      Am7
I've been rollin' since my birth.
Dm7       G7
 Movin' on,
       C   F, C
Movin' on.

Chorus 2:

               Dm7          G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
              C        E7    Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
      Am7 Dm7           G7
Where my  poor restless heart's,
      C    Cmaj7  C6
Gotta run.

          Dm7          G7
There's a place in the sun,
       C       E7      Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7     Dm7
 Got to find me,
  G7           C    F, C
A place in the sun.

Chorus 3:

               Dm7          G7
'Cos there's a place in the sun,
              C        E7    Am
Where there's hope for ev'ry-one,
      Am7 Dm7           G7
Where my  poor restless heart's,
      C    Cmaj7  C6
Gotta run.

          Dm7          G7
There's a place in the sun,
       C       E7      Am
And be-fore my life is done;
Am7     Dm7
 Got to find me,
  G7           C    F, C
A place in the sun.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Dm7     G7      C       C/B     Am7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0211  323000  x32010  x20010  x02013

   F       E7      Am     Cmaj7    C6

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x33210  020100  x02210  x32000  x32210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)