Stevie Wonder – Too High (Guitar)

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--------------................. *from 'Innervisions' (1973)* Intro: (Low 'E' pedal)
Am9
 Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G#
 Doo doo doo-doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G     Am/F#   Am/F Am/E
 Doo-doo doo-doo doo  doo.

Am9
 Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G#
 Doo doo doo-doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G     Am/F#   Am/F Am/E
 Doo-doo doo-doo doo  doo.
Chorus 1:
    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5     E7#9#5      Am9
 But I ain't touched the sky.

    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5     E7#9#5      Am9
 But I ain't touched the sky.
Verse 1:
Am9
 She's a girl in a dream;

           C#m7              F#m7              D/E    Am9
She sees a four eyed cartoon monster on the TV screen.

            C#m7            F#m7                D/E
She takes a-nother puff and says; "it's a crazy scene,

            Bbmaj7/C                 Eb9#11
That red is green, and she's a tange-rine.
Chorus 2:
    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5     E7#9#5   Am9
 But I ain't left the ground.

    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5         E7#9#5    Am9
 I hope I never, ever come down.
Verse 2:
Am9
 She's the girl in her life,

        C#m7            F#m7   D/E  Am9
But her world's a super-ficial para-dise.

          C#m7              F#m7                   D/E
She had a chance to make it big, more than once or twice,

       Bbmaj7/C              Eb9#11
But no dice; she wasn't very nice.
Solo: Am9 E Break:
Am9
 Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G#
 Doo doo doo-doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G     Am/F#   Am/F Am/E
 Doo-doo doo-doo doo  doo.

Am9
 Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G#
 Doo doo doo-doo doo doo-doo,

Am/G     Am/F#   Am/F Am/E
 Doo-doo doo-doo doo  doo.
Chorus 3:
    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5      E7#9#5    Am9
 I can't ever touch the sky.

    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

  Bbmaj7b5        E7#9#5  Am9
I feel like I'm a-bout to die.
Verse 3:
Am9
 She's a girl of the past,

  C#m7             F#m7   D/E Am9
I guess that I got to her at  last.

          C#m7            F#m7     D/E     Am9
A did you hear the news a-bout the girl to-day?

             Bbmaj7/C                   Eb9
She passed a-way... what did her friend say?
Interlude:
Bbm9  Bm9  Cm9  Bm9  Bbm9  Am9
                            They said she's...
Chorus 4:
    F#maj7b5 Emaj7b5   Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5
I'm too      high, I'm too     high,

Bbmaj7b5      E7#9#5     Amaj7b5  E7#9#5  Eb9b5  D9
 Can't hang a-round, any-way..
Coda: (Funky) D9 D/E C#/E C/E E7#9 Outro:
Am9
 Doo-doo doo doo doo doo-doo, doo doo doo-doo doo doo-doo,
Doo... doo... doo... doo... doo... doo... doo...
CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Am9 Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/E F#maj7b5 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 575557 xx6555 302210 202210 102210 002210 2333xx Emaj7b5 Dmaj7b5 Cmaj7b5 Bbmaj7b5 E7#9#5 C#m7 F#m7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 0111xx xx0122 x3445x x10230 x30133 x46454 242222 D/E Bbmaj7/C Eb9#11 E Eb9 Bbm9 Bm9 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02232 x33335 x6566x 022100 x6566x xx6668 x20222 Cm9 Amaj7b5 Eb9b5 D9 C#/E C/E E7#9 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x3133x 5666xx x6566x x5455x xx2121 xx2010 020103 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])