...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             G7
She's a Miss beautiful sup-reme,
                   B7
A girl that others wish that they could be.
            E7
If there's seven wonders of the world,
       A7                         Adim
Then I know she's gotta be number one.

Chorus 1:

        G         E7       A7   D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     A7      D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7
She's a devastating beauty,
  A7               D9    G    C9  G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.

Verse 2:

G                                G7
 She's the sunflower of nature's seeds,
                     B7
A girl that some men only find in their dreams.
         E7
When she smiles, it seems the stars all know,
            A7                             Adim
'Cos one by one they start to light up the sky.

Chorus 2:

        G         E7       A7   D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     A7      D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7
She's a devastating beauty,
  A7               D9    G     C9  G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.

Chorus 3:

        G         E7       A7   D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     A7      D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7
She's a devastating beauty,
  A7               D9    G    C9  G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.

Verse 3:

                G                G7
When she starts talking soft and sweet,
                          B7
Like birds of spring, her words all seem to sing.
       E7
With a rhythm that is made of love,
        A7                      Adim
And the happiness that she only brings.

Chorus 4:

        G         E7       A7   D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     A7      D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7
She's a devastating beauty,
  A7               D9    G    C9  G
A pretty girl with ebony eyes.

Verse 4:

(Instrumental)

G  G7  B7  E7  A7  Adim (x2)

(Ad-libs over above Verse Chords):

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Pretty black beauty, yeah, hea yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus 5:

        G         E7       A7   D9
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     A7      D9
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7
She's a devastating beauty,
  A7               D9
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,
G7
 Eyes...


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       G7      B7      E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  323000  021200  020100

   A7     Adim     D9      C9

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  x02323  x5455x  x3233x


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