Outside My Window Chords

...OUTSIDE MY WINDOW... by Stevie Wonder
-----------------------.................

*from 'Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants ' (1979)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.

Verse 1:

         F#m7
Much has been written about,
    Fm7                       Em    A7
The world and all its kind of loves.
        F#m7
But the sweetest of them all,
    Fm7                      Em7
You seldom will find stories of.
A6
 Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Chorus 1:

G                         F#/G
 My love lives outside my window,
                     F/G                    C     C9
Clouds burst to give water, so her love can grow, oh.
F                          C
 My love smiles to me each morning,
                   Em7       G/A   A7        D
Say's she'll never leave me; and I know it's so.

Interlude:

          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.

Verse 2:

          F#m7
You don't have to look around,
   Fm7                    Em7    A7
Or ask yourself if she is there.
         F#m7
'Cos the fragrance of her love,
     Fm7                     Em7
Says hi with every breath of air.
A6
 Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Chorus 2:

G                         F#/G
 My love lives outside my window,
                     F/G                    C     C9
Clouds burst to give water, so her love can grow, oh.
F                          C
 My love smiles to me each morning,
                   Em7       G/A   A7        D
Say's she'll never leave me; and I know it's so.

Interlude:

          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.

Verse 3:

         F#m7
You will often hear her name,
   Fm7                       Em7
De-scribing another’s pretti-ness.
       F#m7
But if e-ver there was choice;
   Fm7                        Em7
My flower would be the pretti-est.
A6
 Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Chorus 3:

G                         F#/G
 My love lives outside my window,
                     F/G                    C     C9
Clouds burst to give water, so her love can grow, oh.
F                          C
 My love smiles to me each morning,
                   Em7       G/A   A7        D
Say's she'll never leave me; and I know it's so.

Coda:

          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.
          F#m7         Fm7                Em7    A7
La-la-la, la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la, la-la la-la, la.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

  F#m7     Fm7     Em7     A7      A6      G      F#/G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 242222  131111  022000  x02223  x02222  320033  200033

   F/G     C       C9      F       G/A     D

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 100033  x32010  x3233x  x33210  000003  xx0232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)