Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise Ukulele

...PASTIME PARADISE... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: D#)


Intro:

C  Em  B7  Em (x3)

Verse 1:

C                      Em                       B7           Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
C                      Em                       B7           Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

C                     Em                     B7              Em
 They've been wasting most their time, Glori-fying days long gone behind.
C                     Em
 They've been wasting most their days,
      B7                     Em
In re-membrance of ignorance oldest praise. Tell me...

Chorus 1:

C       Em         B7      Em
 Who of them, will come to be?
       C     Em        B7      Em
How ma-ny of them, are you and me?

      C      Em       B7      Em
Dissi-pation, race re-lations.
      C      Em     B7     Em
Conso-lation, segre-gation.

       C           Em             B7           Em
Dispen-sation, iso-lation, exploi-tation, muti-lation.
   C               Em            B7             Em
Mu-tations, miscre-ation, confir-mation, to the evil's of the world.

Verse 2:

C                      Em                       B7            Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
C                      Em                       B7            Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

C                     Em
 They've been looking in their minds,
        B7                Em
For the day that sorrow's gone from time.
C                  Em
 They keep telling of the day,
         B7                   Em
When the Saviour of love will come to stay. Tell me...

Chorus 2:

C       Em         B7      Em
 Who of them, will come to be?
       C     Em        B7      Em
How ma-ny of them, are you and me?

       C      Em          B7      Em
Procla-mation, of Race Re-lations,
      C      Em    B7      Em
Conso-lation, inte-gretion.

       C               Em             B7                Em
Verifi-cation, of Reve-lations, accla-mation, world sal-vation.
   C               Em             B7             Em
Vi-brations, stimu-lation, confir-mation, to the peace of the world.

Verse 3:

C                      Em                       B7           Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
C                      Em                       B7           Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
C                      Em                       B7            Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.
C                      Em                       B7            Em
 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

C                        Em                        B7           Em
 We've been spending too much of our lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.
C            Em                       B7              Em
 Let's start living our lives, living for, the future paradise.
C       Em                   B7              Em
 Praise to our lives, living for, the future paradise.
C         Em                     B7             Em
 Shame to anyone's lives, living in the pastime paradise.

Coda: (Hare Krishna and 'We Shall Overcome' chants)

C  Em  B7  Em

(End on C)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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