Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Intro X 2
B G#m G F#
e|---------7---------------------4------------------3-3p2--------------------|
B|------7-----------------4p3h4---------------3p2h3--------------------------|
G|---8-------------4p3h4----------------4p3h4--------------------------------|
D|-9----------6-6-------------------5-5--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-6-8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Type 1
B G#m G F#
Music is a language within itself, one that we can all understand
B G#m G F# F
Equal opportunity for everyone to sing and clap your hands

Verse type 2
(I don't remember the lyrics for the next verse part but here are the chords)

E9 Eb9 D9 C#9 D9 Eb9 E9
E9 Eb9 D9 C#9 D9 Eb9 E9 F9 F#9

Chorus
Same chords are verse type 1, different strumming pattern


Chord Chart
B 799877
G#m 466444
G 355433
F# 244322
F 133211
E9 X7677X
Eb9 X6566X
D9 X5455X
C#9 X4344X
F9 X8788X
F#9 X9899X
Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
Hey guys

Yet another great Stevie Wonder song.

01/23/09: UPDATE : Updated a mistake in the beginning of the tab.

# = Pull off
^ = Pull on

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------9--------------------6---------|
A|-----6---9-----------------6#5^6------------|
E|--7--------------4-4--7-7-------------------|

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5--4----------------|
A|------2-2---5-5----------------------|
E|--3-3--------------------------------|

Repeat 2 times ^

[Verse 0.19]

Music is a world.. within itself
E|---7----------||---4----------|
B|---x----------||---x----------|
G|---x----------||---x----------|
D|------9-------||------6-------|
A|------9-------||------6-------|
E|---7----------||---4----------|

with a language.. we alle understand
E|------x-------||-------x------|
B|------9-------||-------8------|
G|------9-------||-------8------| < place you 4 finger so that it
D|----8---------||----7---------| covers borth the B and E string.
A|------9-------||-------8------|
E|--------------||--------------|

x 2

With an equal opportunity
for all to sing, dance
and clap their hands

Just because a record has a groove
E|--------|----------|---------|------------|
B|----7---|------6---|-----5---|-----4------|
G|----7---|------6---|-----5---|-----4------|
D|--6-----|---5------|--4------|--3---------|
A|----7---|------6---|-----5---|-----4------|
E|--------|----------|---------|------------|

Don't make it in the groove
E|--------|----------|---------|
B|----5---|------6---|-----7---|
G|----5---|------6---|-----7---|
D|--4-----|---5------|--6------|
A|----5---|------6---|-----7---|
E|--------|----------|---------| x2

^ Hit the chords two times each. It's easy to figure out if you've got the song.
The second time you'll only have to hit them once!

:But you can tell right away at letter A
When the people start to move:

[Chorous 0.45]

They can feel it , all ooo-oh-uh-ver
E|---7----------||---8----------|
B|---x----------||-----9--------|
G|-----8--------||-------10-----|
D|-------9------||-------10-----|
A|-------9------||---x----------|
E|---7----------||---8----------|

They can feel it , all over people
E|---7----------||--6------||--4------||--9------|
B|-------9------||----7----||----5----||----11---|
G|-------9------||------8--||------6--||----11---|
D|-------9------||------8--||------6--||----11---|
A|---x----------||--x------||--x------||--x------|
E|---7----------||--6------||--5------||--9------| x 2

They can feel it all over
They can feel it all over people

[Solo-thing 1.04]

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------4-|
D|--------------6-5---------------4--6---|
A|--2-2---6-5-5---------2-2-4-5-6--------|
E|------------------2-4------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|--------9--7---------------------------|
G|--6-7-8--8---6--8--6--4------6--4---4--|
D|------------------------6--4------6----|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--8--6--4--6--4----4-------------------|
D|-----------------6---6--4-6--4---4---4-|
A|-------------------------------6---6---|
E|---------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--6--4--6--4-/-2-----------------------|
E|-----------------4--2--4--2------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------4---4-----------|
D|------------------4--6---6---6--4--6---|
A|----------2--4--6----------------------|
E|--4--2--4------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--4---4--------------------------------|
A|----6----------------------------------|
E|----------2-2--------------------------|

^ It's gonna take some practice, but give it time and take it in short bites while
to the song!

[Verse 1.21]

Music knows it is and always will
Be one of the things that life just won't quit
But here are some of music's pioneers
That time will not allow us to forget
For there's Basie, Miller, Sachimo
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band can lose

[Chorous 1.47] x 3

[Solo-thing again]

[Chorous 2.41] x 6

[Solo-thing again]



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| x Dead note
| / Slide up

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Song info
Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder
2001
  • Funk / Soul
  • Disco
  • Soul
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