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Version 1
            ...EBONY EYES... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D7      G       B7      E7      E6     E7aug    E       A9
 EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBE  EADGBe
 xx0212  320003  x21202  022130  022120  032110  022100  5454xx
  Adim     C      C#dim    A7      D6      C9     Daug
 EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe
 xx2323  x32010  xx2323  x02223  xx0202  x3233x  xx0332
[Intro]
D7
[Verse 1]
             G
She's a Miss beautiful supreme,
                   B7
A girl that others wish that they could be.
           E7 E6  E7aug E    E7
If there's se-ven won  -ders of the world,
       A9                         Adim
Then I know she's gotta be number one.
[Chorus 1]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6    G    C9  G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
[Verse 2]
G
 She's the sunflower of nature's seeds,
                     B7
A girl that some men only find in their dreams.
         E7      E6 E7aug E   E7
When she smiles, it seems the stars all know,
            A9                             A#dim
'Cos one by one they start to light up the sky.
[Chorus 2]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6    G    C9  G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
[Interlude]
G  B7    E7  E6  E7aug  E  E7, A9  Adim
[Chorus 3]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6    G    C9  G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
[Verse 3]
                G
When she starts talking soft and sweet,
                          B7
Like birds of spring, her words all seem to sing.
       E7  E6  E7aug E  E7
With a rhy-thm that  is made of love,
        A9                      A#dim
And the happiness that she only brings.
[Chorus 4]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6    G    C9  G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
[Interlude] (with Vocal Ad Libs)
G  B7    E7  E6  E7aug  E  E7, A9  Adim
[Chorus 5]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6    G    C9  G, Daug
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony eyes.
[Interlude] (with Vocal Ad Libs)
G  B7   E7  E6  E7aug  E  E7, A9  Adim
[Chorus 6]
        G         E7       C    C#dim
She's a girl that can't be beat,
         G         E7     C       C#dim
Born and raised on ghetto streets.
        G           E7        A7               D6
She's a devastating beauty, a pretty girl with ebony...
[Coda] *(single notes)*
G B  C  C#  D  E  F#
  Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G B  C  C#  D  E  F#
  Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y.
G B  C  C#  D  E  F#
  Ey-ey-es, Eb-on-y,
G B  C  C#  D  E  F# G7
  Ey-ey-es, eb-on-y, eyes... 
        
                