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            Song: You are the sunshine of my life
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking book
Tabbed by DJ 14th Mar 2016
I've tried to make an easy as possible guitar tab of this song,
so I'm not really trying to create a definitive version aimed
at all musicians. The voicings are the best combination I could
come up with, hopefully, none of the shapes are too much of a
challenge for a reasonably experienced guitarist.
NOTE: 
On guitar the Bm11/E and Cm11/F could be substituted by E7sus4
and F7sus4. I just felt that the m11 chords just worked slightly
better in those chorus progressions, it's a very subtle difference.
KEYBOARD PLAYERS:
To be totally accurate the D#/G should be F#13b9(no7) and the
E/Ab should be G13b9(no7), but these don't sound as good on guitar, 
For keyboard players, or guitarists who don't like capos, use the
transpose function set to [+2} to view the song in Stevie's key.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of B)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Amaj9  = x06600   E7     = 022130   F#     = 244322   Bb     = x13331
E7+    = 030110   E7sus4 = 020200   B      = x24442   F/Eb   = xx1211
A      = x02220   Amaj7  = x02120   F#m7   = 242222   Dm7    = xx0211
E/D    = xx0454   D6     = xx0432   B7     = x24242   E/Ab   = xx6454
C#m7   = x46454   D/E    = xx2232   E      = 022100   Cm7    = x35343
D#/G   = xx5343   G#m11  = 424422   F7sus4 = 131311   Cm11/F = 111311
Bm7    = x24232   C#7    = x46464   F7     = 131211   Bbmaj7 = x13231
Bm11/E = 024232
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
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[Intro]
   Amaj9                     E7+
||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :||[x2]
[Chorus]
A               E/D            C#m7    D#/G
    You are the sunshine of my life,
Bm7                 Bm11/E             A     Bm7 E7
    That's why I'll always be around------,
A               E/D         C#m7   D#/G
    You are the apple of my eye,
Bm7         Bm11/E            A        Bm7 E7sus4
    Forever you'll stay in my heart
[Verse 1]
Amaj7             D6      D/E    Amaj7          D6  D/E
      I feel like this is the be-------ginning,
Amaj7                   D6        D/E     G#m11   C#7
      Though I've loved you for a million years,
F#           B           C#7      F#m7
    And if I thought our love was    ...ending,
    B           B7                 E       E7sus4    E7
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears,  woh - oo, oh - oh!
[Chorus]
A               E/D            C#m7   D#/G
    You are the sunshine of my life,  yeah,
Bm7                 Bm11/E              A     Bm7     E7
    That's why I'll always stay around-----,  um -um, yeh -yeh,
A               E/D         C#m7  D#/G
    You are the apple of my eye,
Bm7         Bm11/E                      A     Bm7 E7sus4
    Forever you'll stay in this heart-------
[Verse 2]
Amaj7               D6         D/E    Amaj7          D6  D/E
      You must have known that I  was    ...lonely,
Amaj7             D6      D/E      G#m11     C#7
      Because you came to my res - cue,  oo, goo, woo - oo, goo,
F#             B         C#7      F#m7
    And I know that this must be     ...heaven,
          B            B7           E      F7sus4   F7
How could so much love be inside of you?   Woh -oo, woh -oh!
[Chorus ]
Bb               F/Eb           Dm7    E/Ab
     You are the sunshine of my life,  yeah,
Cm7                  Cm11/F                Bb
     That's why I'll always stay around--------,
     Cm7       F7
Umm, um - um! (Baby!)
Bb               F/Eb        Dm7   E/Ab
     You are the apple of my eye,
Cm7          Cm11/F              Bb     Cm7        F7sus4
     Forever you'll stay in this heart      Yeah! (Baby!)
[Chorus ]
Bb                F/Eb          Dm7        E/Ab
     You are the sunshine of my----- life,    ...baby,
Cm7                  Cm11/F              Bb
     That's why I'll always stay around-------,
Cm7         F7
     Can't stop me, baby,
Bb               F/Eb        Dm7  E/Ab
     You are the apple of my eye,
Cm7          Cm11/F            Bb       Bbmaj7
     Forever you'll stay in my heart 
        
                