# #...A PLACE IN THE SUN... by Stevie Wonder # ------------------------................. # #*from 'Down To Earth' (1966)* # # #*CAPO 1st FRET* # #(Original Key: Ebm) # # #Intro: # #Dm7 G7, C # #Verse 1: # Dm7 G7 Like a long lonely stream; C C/B Am7 I keep runnin' to-wards a dream. Dm7 G7 Movin' on, C F C Movin' on. Verse 2: F6 Am7 Dm7 G7 Like a branch on a tree; C C/B Am7 I keep reachin' to be free. Dm7 G7 Movin' on, C F, C Movin' on. Chorus 1: Dm7 G7 'Cos there's a place in the sun, C E7 Am Where there's hope for ev'ry-one, Am7 Dm7 G7 Where my poor restless heart's, C Cmaj7 C6 Gotta run. Dm7 G7 There's a place in the sun, C E7 Am And be-fore my life is done; Am7 Dm7 Got to find me, G7 C F C A place in the sun. Verse 3: Dm7 G7 Like an old dusty road; C C/B Am7 I get we-ary from the load. Dm7 G7 Movin' on, C F C Movin' on. Verse 4: Dm7 G7 Like this tired troubled earth, C C/B Am7 I've been rollin' since my birth. Dm7 G7 Movin' on, C F, C Movin' on. Chorus 2: Dm7 G7 'Cos there's a place in the sun, C E7 Am Where there's hope for ev'ry-one, Am7 Dm7 G7 Where my poor restless heart's, C Cmaj7 C6 Gotta run. Dm7 G7 There's a place in the sun, C E7 Am And be-fore my life is done; Am7 Dm7 Got to find me, G7 C F, C A place in the sun. Chorus 3: Dm7 G7 'Cos there's a place in the sun, C E7 Am Where there's hope for ev'ry-one, Am7 Dm7 G7 Where my poor restless heart's, C Cmaj7 C6 Gotta run. Dm7 G7 There's a place in the sun, C E7 Am And be-fore my life is done; Am7 Dm7 Got to find me, G7 C F, C A place in the sun. (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Dm7 G7 C C/B Am7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0211 323000 x32010 x20010 x02013 F E7 Am Cmaj7 C6 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x33210 020100 x02210 x32000 x32210 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)