• Song:

    Cash In Your Face

  • Artist:

    Stevie Wonder

  • Album:

    Innervisions / Talking ...

...CASH IN YOUR FACE... by Stevie Wonder
-----------------------.................

*from 'Hotter Than July' (1980)*


Intro:

D9  G (x8)

Verse 1:

(D9                 G)
 You just could not know,
    D9             GHow (320003@1)long we tried,
D9               G (320003@1)To see how this building,
D9            G (320003@1)Looks inside.

D9         G (320003@1)        D9         G (320003@1)This must be a lucky day for me,
D9           G (320003@1)Because the sign says,
          D9       GThere's (320003@1)a vacancy.

Bridge 1:

       GLook (320003@1)I know you came a long way,
F (133211@1)      E7 (020130@1)But you made it just too late;
      G (320003@1)                    G/A (320203@1)DSo (xx0232@1)we had to give it to some-body else.

       GWell (320003@1)I talked to you on the phone,
F (133211@1)        E7 (020130@1)Less than fifteen minutes ago;
        F7 (131241@1)         G7 (320001@1)   A7And (x02020@1)you told me that it was cool.

Verse 2:

                 D9        GI (320003@1)graduated from Harvard U.
D9         G (320003@1)         D9        G (320003@1)My job is paying good money too.
D9          G (320003@1)         D9      G (320003@1)And if you check on my resume;
D9           G (320003@1)You'll find they all,
       D9          GWanted (320003@1)me to stay.

Bridge 2:

       GWell (320003@1)I can't take the time out,
F (133211@1) E7 (020130@1)To check your credit card,
             G'Cos (320003@1)the com-puter,
           G/A (320203@1)   DJust (xx0232@1)broke down to-day.

          GWell (320003@1)I'll stop by here tomorrow,
F (133211@1)     E7 (020130@1)To com-plete our interview,
      F7 (131241@1)             G7 (320001@1)  A7But (x02020@1)I know what you're gonna say.
(I know what your bottomline is);

Chorus 1:

    D9             GYou (320003@1)might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

        D9             GSay (320003@1)you might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

Break:

G7 (320001@1)Too-oo, too-oo...
G/A (320203@1)D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)D9
 Too bad.

G7 (320001@1)Too-oo, too-oo..
G/A (320203@1)D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)Too sad.

Interlude:

D9  G, D9  G (x2)

Verse 3:

(G)
 Our first child,
            D9       GIs (320003@1)due here any day;
         D9      GDue (320003@1)here any day,
D9                G (320003@1) That's why we're desperate,
       D9      GFor (320003@1)a place to stay.

D9      G (320003@1)The lo-cation is,
    D9          GSo (320003@1)perfect too,
D9         G (320003@1)So please try to do,
     D9         GWhat (320003@1)you can do.

Bridge 3:

     GWell (320003@1)in this apartment complex,
F (133211@1) E7 (020130@1)No children are allowed;
           GAnd (320003@1)if you told me that,
                         G/A (320203@1)  DI (xx0232@1)could have saved you a-lot of time.

       GWell (320003@1)I thought the Bill was passed,
          F (133211@1) E7That (020130@1)said you could not discriminate?
      F7 (131241@1)         G7 (320001@1)        A7But (x02020@1)I know some ex-cuse you'll find.
(Because your bottom line is);

Chorus 2:

    D9             GYou (320003@1)might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

        D9             GSay (320003@1)you might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

Coda:

         D9               G (320003@1)    D9  GAye, (320003@1)you might be a great doctor,
    D9               G (320003@1)     D9  GYou (320003@1)might be a great lawyer.
    D9                G (320003@1)        D9   GYou (320003@1)might possess the key to the city,
   D9           G (320003@1)    D9  GOr (320003@1)maybe a poli-tician.

    D9             GYou (320003@1)might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

        D9             GSay (320003@1)you might have the cash,
    G (320003@1)        D9           GBut (320003@1)you cannot cash in your face;
                  D9             G, D9  GWe (320003@1)don't want you living in here.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D9      G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)     E7 (020130@1)    G/A (320203@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x5455X  320003  x33210  020100  000003

   D (xx0232@1)     F7 (131241@1)    G7 (320001@1)    A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  131211  323000  x02223


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

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