Chord/Tab song: Pastime Paradise

...PASTIME PARADISE... by Stevie Wonder


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from 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (1976)

CAPO 3rd FRET

(Original Key: Ab)

Intro:

F Dm E7 Am (x3)

Verse 1:

[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in a pastime [Am]paradise.
[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in a pastime [Am]paradise.

[F] They've been wasting [Dm]most their time,
Glori-[E7]fying days long [Am]gone behind.
[F] They've been wasting [Dm]most their days,
In re-[E7]membrance of ignorance [Am]oldest praise.
Tell me...

Chorus 1:

[F] Who of [Dm]them, will [E7]come to [Am]be?
How ma-[F]ny of [Dm]them, are [E7]you and [Am]me?

Dissi-[F]pation,[Dm]
Race re-[E7]lations.[Am]
Conso-[F]lation,[Dm]
Segre-[E7]gation.[Am]

Dispen-[F]sation, iso-[Dm]lation,
Exploi-[E7]tation, muti-[Dm]lation.

Mu-[F]tations, miscre-[Dm]ation,
Confir-[E7]mation, to the [Am]evils of the world.

Verse 2:

[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in the future [Am]paradise.
[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in the future [Am]paradise.

[F] They've been looking [Dm]in their minds,
For the [E7]day that sorrows [Am]gone from time.
[F] They keep telling [Dm]of the day,
When the [E7]Savior of love will [Am]come to stay.
Tell me...

Chorus 2:

[F] Who of [Dm]them, will [E7]come to [Am]be?
How ma-[F]ny of [Dm]them, are [E7]you and [Am]me?

Procla-[F]mation,[Dm]
Of Race Re-[E7]lations,[Am]
Conso-[F]lation,[Dm]
Inte-[E7]gretion.[Am]

Verifi-[F]cation,
Of Reve-[Dm]lations,
Accla-[E7]mation,
World Sal-[Am]vation.

Vi-[F]brations, stimu-[Dm]lation,
Confir-[E7]mation, to the [Am]peace of the world.

Verse 3:

[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in a pastime [Am]paradise.
[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in a pastime [Am]paradise.

[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in the future [Am]paradise.
[F] They've been spending [Dm]most their lives,
Living [E7]in the future [Am]paradise.

[F] We've been spending too [Dm]much of our lives,
Living [E7]in a pastime [Am]paradise.

[F] Let's start [Dm]living our lives,
Living [E7]for the, future [Am]paradise.

[F] Praise [Dm]to our lives,
Living [E7]for the, future [Am]paradise.

[F] Shame to [Dm]anyone's lives,
Living [E7]in the pastime [Am]paradise.

Coda:

(Haire Krishna and,
'We Shall Overcome' chants)

[F] [Dm] [E7] [Am]
(End on F)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[F] [Dm] [E7] [Am]
[EADGBE]x33210 [EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]020100 [EADGBE]x02210

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
([email protected])