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Living For The City

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Song: Living for the city (album version)
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Innervisions
Tabbed by DJ   25th Jan 2016
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of F#)
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
E     = 022100    B6     = x24444    A#     = 688766
F#m/E = xx2222    F#m/B  = x24222    A#7/G# = xx6766
Em7   = xx2433    E/D    = xx0454    G      = 355433
A6    = x02222    C#m7b5 = x42000    F      = 133211
A     = x02220    C      = x35553
For the F#m/E using a 2nd fret barre, just add the
other fingers to make the Em7 shape. Then lift those
fingers back off again to return to the F#m/E
Please take a second to swipe down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
e |--------------|
B |--------------|
G |--------------|
D |--------2-----|
A |--2-h4----4---|    (h  = Hammer-on note)
E |--------------|
  E      F#m/E Em7    F#m/E E      F#m/E Em7    F#m/E
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 1]
E                F#m/E    Em7                F#m/E
   A boy is born,   ...in hard time Missis - sippi,
E                F#m/E    Em7                 F#m/E
   Surrounded by, ...four walls that ain't so pretty,
E                    F#m/E     Em7           F#m/E
   His parents give,    ...him love and af - fection,
E               F#m/E        Em7              F#m/E
   To keep him strong moving in the right di- rection
[Chorus]
       A6       A       B6       F#m/B
Living just e - nough,  just e - nough,
        E     F#m/E  Em7          F#m/E
For the city-------------!  Yah!
[Verse 2]
E                  F#m/E     Em7               F#m/E
  His father works,  ...some days for fourteen hours,
E                   F#m/E     Em7            F#m/E
   And you can bet,     ...he barely makes a dollar,
E                  F#m/E   Em7                  F#m/E
   His mother goes   ...to scrub the floors for many,
E                        F#m/E    Em7           F#m/E
   And you'd best believe  ...she hardly gets a penny
[Chorus]
       A6       A       B6       F#m/B
Living just e - nough,  just e - nough,
        E     F#m/E  Em7           F#m/E
For the city------------!  Yeah!
[Break]
               E/D          C#m7b5
Na - na, nah!  Na, na - na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#        G      F                  E
Nah, na - na, nah!   Na - na, nan - na, nah!   Woo!
[Verse 3]
E                    F#m/E   Em7              F#m/E
  His sister's black, ...but she is sho' nuff pretty,
E                   F#m/E    Em7               F#m/E
  Her skirt is short,...but Lord, her legs are sturdy
E                    F#m/E       Em7           F#m/E
  To walk to school,    ...she's got to get up early,
E                      F#m/E    Em7            F#m/E
  Her clothes are old,   ...but never are they dirty
[Chorus]
       A6       A        B6      F#m/B
Living just e - nough,  just e - nough,
        E      F#m/E Em7     F#m/E
For the city-------------!          Hummm!
[Verse 4]
E                   F#m/E   Em7                 F#m/E
 Her brother's smart...he's got more sense than many
E                   F#m/E    Em7                F#m/E
 His patience's long, ...but soon he won't have any,
E               F#m/E   Em7             F#m/E
  To find a job   ...is like a haystack needle,
E                   F#m/E    Em7                F#m/E
 'Cos where he lives...they don't use coloured people
[Chorus]
       A6       A      B6       F#m/B
Living just e - nough, just e - nough,
        E     F#m/E Em7  F#m/E E   F#m/E  Em7
For the city----------------------------!      Yeah!
[Break]
               E/D          C#m7b5
Na - na, nah!  Na, na - na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#        G      F                  E
Nah, na - na, nah!   Na - na, nan - na, nah!
[Bridge]
   E          F#m/E  Em7    F#m/E
|  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |
[Keep repeating and ad lib]
    E        F#m/E    Em7           F#m/E
||: Living...just e - nough for the city! Woh- oh!:||
[Break]
               E/D          C#m7b5
Na - na, nah!  Na, na - na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#        G      F                  E
Nah, na - na, nah!   Na - na, nan - na, nah!
[* Narrative break - See bottom of page]
[Verse 5]
E                   F#m/E   Em7               F#m/E
   His hair is long, ...his feet are hard and gritty,
E
   He spends his life...
F#m/E       Em7                 F#m/E
Walking the streets of New York City,
E                F#m/E   Em7                   F#m/E
 He's almost dead...from breathing in air pol- lution
E                F#m/E      Em7                F#m/E
 He tried to vote,...but to him there's no so- lution
[Chorus]
       A6       A       B6       F#m/B
Living just e - nough,  just e - nough,
        E     F#m/E Em7      F#m/E
For the city------------!
[Verse 6]
E                  F#m/E     Em7              F#m/E
   I hope you hear,  ...in - side my voice of sorrow,
E                      F#m/E  Em7              F#m/E
 And that it motivates you to make a better to-morrow
E                   F#m/E  Em7                 F#m/E
 This place is cruel,...no where could be much colder
E                    F#m/E   Em7                F#m/E
  If we don't change, ...the world will soon be over
[Chorus]
       A6       A
Living just e - nough,
            B6   B6  F#m/B            F#m/B E
Stop giving just e - nough ...for the ci  - ty!
[Break]
               E/D          C#m7b5
Na - na, nah!  Na, na - na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#        G      F                  E
Nah, na - na, nah!   Na - na, nan - na, nah!
[Break]
               E/D          C#m7b5
Na - na, nah!  Na, na - na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#      G        F                  E
Nah, na - na, nah!   Na - na, nan - na, nah
[Coda]
             E/D           C#m7b5
Na -na, na!  Na--, na, na, nah!
C                           A#
Na - na, na - na, nah, na - nah!
A#7/G#        G      F
Nah, na - na, nah!   Oh---, oh---, oh!
    F                       F
No, no---, no, no---!   No, no---, no, no!
    F
          N.C.
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!"
=====================================================
For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below ---- of the diagrams.
All the other chord boxes should be the default
first option and don't need any reselecting.
As long as you are logged into your account,
these choices will be saved automatically for every
time you view this tab
  F#m/E        Em7        A6         B6        E/D
<4 of 22>  <12 of 49>  <2 of 44>  <4 of 27> <2 of 14>
   C           A#        A#7/G#         G
<3 of 17>   <2 of 16>  <6 of 28>   <4 of 27>

Living For The City chords and lyrics

Free chords for Living For The City by Stevie Wonder. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: Living for the city (album version)
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Innervisions
Tabbed by DJ   25th Jan 2016
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of F#)
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
E     = 022100    B6     = x24444    A#     = 688766
F#m/E = xx2222    F#m/B  = x24222    A#7/G# = xx6766
Em7   = xx2433    E/D    = xx0454    G      = 355433
A6    = x02222    C#m7b5 = x42000    F      = 133211
A     = x02220    C      = x35553
For the F#m/E using a 2nd fret barre, just add the
other fingers to make the Em7 shape. Then lift those
fingers back off again to return to the F#m/E
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Break]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Break]
[Bridge]
[Keep repeating and ad lib]
[Break]
[* Narrative break - See bottom of page]
[Verse 5]
[Chorus]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]
[Break]
[Break]
[Coda]
=====================================================
[ * 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!"

Living For The City Chords by Stevie Wonder

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