Stevie Wonder – You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Guitar Tab)

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__________________________________ / Stevie Wonder / I always found these chords fascinating. / You Are the Sunshine of My Life / So now that I cav, I've made this guitar / Talking Book / arrangement I always wanted! Enjoy :D /_________________________________/ I don't think this proves any justice to the up-tempo original, but again this is also just to share and teach some of the amazing harmonies. AND this is one of the rare times, when all of the advanced harmonies actually kind of fit! :P

 Intro:
    B(2)                                F#aug
||------0-0---0---0-|---0---0-----0---|-----2-4---6-8---|11-12---11-16---16---||
||o-----0-0---0---0-|---0---0-----0---|-3---1-3---5-7---|-9-11---13-15---15--o||
||------2-2---2---2-|---2---2---2-2---|-3---------------|---------------------||
||----0-0-0---0---0-|---0---0---0-0---|-------------0---|----0----------------||
||o-x---------------|-----------------|-------0---------|--------------------o||
||--5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----5-5-------|-0---------------|------------0----0---||

A: The first bar shows a suggestion for at picking pattern. Notice the timing Of the bass(b) and the timing of the accents(a). The rest is just filling.

  B                 F#/E              D#m7              F/G#
|-----0-----0-----|-4---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
|-----0-------0---|-3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|
|-----0---------0-|-2---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
|---0-------------|-x---------------|-x---------------|-x---------------|
|-x---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-x---------------|
|-5-----5-5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
  b   a b b a

  C#m7              F#11              B                 C#m7    F#11
|-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|---------0-------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-1-------1-------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0-----------0-0-|-0--0-0--0-------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0--------0h2----|-0h2-----2-------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-x---------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|---------0-------|

 B:
    Bmaj9             E6/9    F#11     3x A#m7b5(add11) Eb9(b5 -5  -#5)
||--0---------------|-0-------0--------||---------------3-|---3-4---5-------|
||o-0---------------|-1-------1-------o||-0-------------2-|---2-2---2-------|
||--2---------------|-2-------0--------||-2-------------2-|---2-2---2-------|
||--4---------------|-2-------2--------||-2-------------x-|-----------------|
||o-x---------------|-3-------0-------o||-3---------------|-2-----------2---|
||--5---------------|---------0--------||-4---------------|-----------------|

  Abmaj7        Dbmaj7    Eb11        G#m9
|-1-------------2-|-------2---------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------2-|-------2---------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-1-------------1-|-------2---------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-2-------------2-|-------4---------|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-x-------------0-|-------2---------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|

                                     1.
  C#9      (13)                       F#11
|-2---------4---2-|-----------------|-0---------------|----0-------------||
|-2---------------|-----------------|-1---------------|----0-------------||
|-4---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-2/4--2-0-----0---||
|-5---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-0--------0-0---0-||
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------||

In the 2nd part B, the song modulates up a half step, and I see no way around moving the capo up one fret to the 5th get there.

 2.
  F#11               G11
|-0---------------||-0---------------|
|-1---------------||-1---------------|
|-0---------------||-0---------------|
|-2---------------||-2---------------|   ...and now you're in C major!
|-0---------------||-0---------------|
|-0---------------||-0---------------|

The most musical way of doing this, which I have found so far, is to play the bar of F#11, break for a bar while moving the capo, and then play the bar of what will then be G11. (In the break, the singer can hold the "you" for show.) From here just repeat part A until fading out. The chords names will then be: | C | G/F | Em7 | F#/A | | Dm7 | G11 | C | Dm7 G11 | LYRICS ********** You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always be around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart I feel like this is the beginning 'though I've loved you for a million years And if I thought our love was ending I'd find myself drowning in my own tears You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always stay around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart You must have known that I was lonely Because you came to my rescue And I know that this must be heaven How could so much love be inside of you You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always stay around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22nd /April /12 Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab. The past 11 years, I have generated 10,318,000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site. If you want to support an eager contributor like me, check out my own site: _____ http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com _____ Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions. Best regards, Maitinin July, 2015 "