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Song: Living for the city Artist: Stevie Wonder Composer: Stevie Wonder Album: Innervisions Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com) 25th Jan 2016 CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of F#) NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest. Use the typed shapes shown below, particularly the F#m/E to Em7 shapes which are crucial to the right sound. Keep the F#m/E 2nd fret barre and just add the other fingers to make the Em7 shape, then lift those back off again to return back to the F#m/E. Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: E = 022100 B6 = x24444 A# = 688766 F#m/E = xx2222 F#m/B = x22222 A#7/G# = xx6766 Em7 = xx2433 E/D = xx0454 G = 355433 A6 = x02222 C#m7-5 = x42000 F = 133211 A = x02220 C = x35553 h = Hammer-on note Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks =========================================================== [Intro] e |--------------| B |--------------| G |--------------| D |--------2-----| A |--2-h4----4---| E |--------------|
||: E/ / / F#m/E / | Em7 / / F#m/E / / :||[x2] [Verse 1] E A boy is born, F#m/E in Em7hard time Missis - F#m/Esippi, E Surrounded by, F#m/E four Em7walls that ain't so F#m/Epretty, E His parents give,F#m/E him Em7love and af - F#m/Efection, E To keep him strong,F#m/E moving Em7in the right di - F#m/Erection, Living A6just e - Anough, B6just e - F#m/Bnough, E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E For the city-------------! Yah!
[Verse 2]
E His father works,F#m/E some Em7days for fourteen F#m/Ehours, E And you can bet, F#m/E he Em7barely makes a F#m/Edollar, E His mother goes, F#m/E to Em7scrub the floors for F#m/Emany, E And you'd best believe, F#m/E she Em7hardly gets a F#m/Epenny, Living A6just e - Anough, B6just e - F#m/Bnough, E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E For the city------------! Yeah!
[Break] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----!
CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F E Na, na, na, na---! Na -na, na -na, na------!
[Verse 3]
Woo! E His sister's black,F#m/E but Em7she is sho' nuff F#m/Epretty, E Her skirt is short, F#m/E but, Em7Lord, her legs are F#m/Esturdy, E To walk to school, F#m/E she's Em7got to get up F#m/Eearly, E Her clothes are old,F#m/E but Em7never are they F#m/Edirty, Living A6just e - Anough, jB6ust e - F#m/Bnough, E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E For the city-------------! Hummm!
[Verse 4]
E Her brother's smart,F#m/E he's Em7got more sense than F#m/Emany, E His patience's long,F#m/E but Em7soon he won't have F#m/Eany, E To find a job, F#m/E is Em7like a haystack F#m/Eneedle, E 'Cause where he lives,F#m/E they Em7don't use coloured F#m/Epeople, Living A6just e - Anough, B6just e - F#m/Bnough, E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 For the city--------------------------------! Yeah!
[Break] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----!
CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F E Na, na, na, na---! Na -na, na -na, na------!
[Bridge] E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E | / / / / | / / / / | [Keep repeating and ad lib]
||: ELiving ...F#m/Ejust e - Em7nough, ...for the F#m/Ecity! Woh -oh! :|| [Break] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----! CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F E Na, na, na, na---! Na -na, na -na, na------!
[* Narrative break] [Verse 5]
E His hair is long,F#m/E his Em7feet are hard and F#m/Egritty, E He spends his life, F#m/Ewalking the Em7streets of New York F#m/ECity, E He's almost dead,F#m/E from Em7breathing in air pol - F#m/Elution, E He tried to vote,F#m/E but to Em7him there's no so - F#m/Elution, Living A6just e - Anough, B6just e - F#m/Bnough, E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E For the city------------!
[Verse 6]
E I hope you hear, F#m/E in - Em7side my voice of F#m/Esorrow, E And that it motivates F#m/Eyou to Em7make a better to - F#m/Emorrow, E This place is cruel,F#m/E no Em7where could be much F#m/Ecolder, E If we don't change, F#m/E the Em7world will soon be F#m/Eover, Living A6just e - Anough, Stop giving B6just B6e - F#m/Bnough ...for the F#m/Bci - Ety!
[Break] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----!
CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F E Na, na, na, na---! Na -na, na -na, na------!
[Break] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----!
CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F E Na, na, na, na---! Na -na, na -na, na------!
[Coda] E/D C#m7-5 Na -na, na! Na--, na, na, na----!
CNa -na, na -na, na, na -A#na! A#7/G# G F Na, na, na, na---! Oh---, oh---, oh---! F F No, no---, no,no---! No, no---, no,no---! F No, no---, no,no-------------!
============================================================ [* Narrative break] "Bus for New York City!" "Hey, bus driver! I'm getting on that, hold it! Thanks a lot." "Wow,...New York, just like I pictured it, ...skyscrapers and everything!" "Pssst! Hey, hey, brother! Hey, come here, slick!" "Huh?" "Hey, you look... you look hip, man! Hey, you wanna make yourself five bucks, man?" "Yeah, brother!" "Look here, run this across the street for me right quick. Okay? Right across town!" "Alright, hands on that goddam car! Let's go!" "I didn't know! ...What?" "Gimme your hands up, you punk!" "I'm just going across the street!" "Put that leg up!" "Shut your mouth!" "Oh, no! What'd I do?" "Okay, turn around, turn around! Put your hands behind your back! Let's go, let's go!" "A jury of your peers having found you guilty, ...ten years!" "What?" "Come on, ...come on, get in that cell, nigga!" "God, ...lord!"