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Version 1...PASTIME PARADISE... by Stevie Wonder ----------------------................. *from 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Ab) [Intro] F Dm E7 Am (x3) [Verse 1] F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been wasting most their time, Glori-fying days long gone behind. F Dm They've been wasting most their days, E7 Am In re-membrance of ignorance oldest praise. Tell me... [Chorus 1] F Dm E7 Am Who of them, will come to be? F Dm E7 Am How ma-ny of them, are you and me? F Dm E7 Am Dissi-pation, race re-lations. F Dm E7 Am Conso-lation, segre-gation. F Dm E7 Dm Dispen-sation, iso-lation, exploi-tation, muti-lation. F Dm E7 Am Mu-tations, miscre-ation, confir-mation, to the evil's of the world. [Verse 2] F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. F Dm They've been looking in their minds, E7 Am For the day that sorrow's gone from time. F Dm They keep telling of the day, E7 Am When the Saviour of love will come to stay. Tell me... [Chorus 2] F Dm E7 Am Who of them, will come to be? F Dm E7 Am How ma-ny of them, are you and me? F Dm E7 Am Procla-mation, of Race Re-lations, F Dm E7 Am Conso-lation, inte-gretion. F Dm E7 Am Verifi-cation, of Reve-lations, accla-mation, world sal-vation. F Dm E7 Am Vi-brations, stimu-lation, confir-mation, to the peace of the world. [Verse 3] F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. F Dm E7 Am They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise. F Dm E7 Am We've been spending too much of our lives, living in a Pastime Paradise. F Dm E7 Am Let's start living our lives, living for, the future paradise. F Dm E7 Am Praise to our lives, living for, the future paradise. F Dm E7 Am Shame to anyone's lives, living in the pastime paradise. Coda: (Hare Krishna and 'We Shall Overcome' chants) F Dm E7 Am (End on F) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- F Dm E7 Am EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x33210 xx0231 020100 x02210 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ()