Song: You are the sunshine of my life
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking book
Tabbed by DJ 14th Mar 2016
On guitar the Bm11/E and Cm11/F could, if you wish,
be substituted by E7sus4 and F7sus4. I just felt
the m11 chords just work slightly better in the
chorus progressions, but it's a subtle difference.
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of B)
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Amaj9 = x06600 Amaj7 = x02120 F7sus4 = 131311
E7+ = 030110 D6 = xx0432 F7 = 131211
A = x02220 D/E = xx2232 Bb = x13331
E/D = xx0454 G#m11 = 424422 F/Eb = xx1211
C#m7 = x46454 C#7 = x46464 Dm7 = xx0211
D#/G = xx5343 F# = 244322 E/Ab = xx6454
Bm7 = x24232 B = x24442 Cm7 = x35343
Bm11/E = 024232 F#m7 = 242222 Cm11/F = 111311
E7 = 022130 B7 = x24242 Bbmaj7 = x13231
E7sus4 = 020200 E = 022100
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Intro
[Amaj9] [E7+]
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[Amaj9] [E7+]
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Chorus
[A] [E/D] [C#m7] [D#/G]
You are the sunshine of my life,
[Bm7] [Bm11/E] [A] [Bm7] [E7]
That's why I'll always be around------,
[A] [E/D] [C#m7] [D#/G]
You are the apple of my eye,
[Bm7] [Bm11/E] [A] [Bm7] [E7sus4]
Forever you'll stay in my heart
Verse 1
[Amaj7] [D6] [D/E] [Amaj7] [D6] [D/E]
I feel like this is the be----ginning,
[Amaj7] [D6] [D/E] [G#m11] [C#7]
Though I've loved you for a million years,
[F#] [B] [C#7] [F#m7]
And if I thought our love was ...ending,
[B] [B7] [E]
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears,
[E7sus4] [E7]
Woh - oo, oh - oh!
Chorus
[A] [E/D] [C#m7] [D#/G]
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
[Bm7] [Bm11/E] [A]
That's why I'll always stay around----,
[Bm7] [E7]
Mm - mm, yeah - yeah!
[A] [E/D] [C#m7] [D#/G]
You are the apple of my eye,
[Bm7] [Bm11/E] [A] [Bm7] [E7sus4]
Forever you'll stay in this heart---!
Verse 2
[Amaj7] [D6] [D/E] [Amaj7] [D6] [D/E]
You must have known that I was ...lonely,
[Amaj7] [D6] [D/E] [G#m11]
Because you came to my res - cue,
[C#7]
Oo, goo, woo - oo, goo!
[F#] [B] [C#7] [F#m7]
And I know that this must be ...heaven,
[B] [B7] [E]
How could so much love be inside of you?
[F7sus4] [F7]
Woh - oo, woh - oh!
Chorus
[Bb] [F/Eb] [Dm7] [E/Ab]
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
[Cm7] [Cm11/F] [Bb]
That's why I'll always stay around--------,
[Cm7] [F7]
Umm, um - um! (Baby!)
[Bb] [F/Eb] [Dm7] [E/Ab]
You are the apple of my eye,
[Cm7] [Cm11/F] [Bb] [Cm7] [F7sus4]
Forever you'll stay in this heart ...yeah!(Baby!)
Chorus
[Bb] [F/Eb] [Dm7] [E/Ab]
You are the sunshine of my--- life, ...baby,
[Cm7] [Cm11/F] [Bb]
That's why I'll always stay around-------,
[Cm7] [F7]
Can't stop me, baby,
[Bb] [F/Eb] [Dm7] [E/Ab]
You are the apple of my eye,
[Cm7] [Cm11/F] [Bb] [Bbmaj7]
Forever you'll stay in my heart
