tab: "sir duke" by stevie wonder (as played by glen phillips)
transcribed by michael a. mazur


for the record... all of the 5th chords in this song are 2 note chords
rooted on the 5th string moving up and down. starting from the E5 at
the end of the verse (x79xxx) the chord moves down one fret at a time
until the B5 (x24xxx) and back up again.


intro:

|----------------||--------------|------------------------|
|----------------||--------------|------------------------|
|----------------||*----------2--|------------------------|
|----------------||*-------2-----|---------------------4--|
|--0----0--4--2--||---0/4--------|--------0--0--3h4p3-----|
|----------------||--------------|--2--2------------------|


|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------2--*||
|-----------------------/3-----*||
|--------0--0--2h3p2------------||
|--1--1-------------------------||


verse:

A F#m
music is world within itself

F E
and it's a language we all understand


A F#m
with an equal opportunity

F E5 Eb5
for which to sing and dance and clap their hands


prechorus:

D5 Db5 C5 B5 C5 Db5 D5
just because a record's in the groove don't make it in the good


D5 Db5 C5 B5 C5 Db5 D5 Eb5 E
you can tell right away from letter 'a' when the people start to move


chorus: (play twice)

A B/D#
they can feel it all over

D Bm E
they can feel it all over people



interlude:

|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------2----4/5/6-----|
|-------------------4--2--|-----------2-----2h3h4-----------------|
|--0----0--4--2--0--------|--0h2h3h4-----4------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|


|------------------|---------------------------------|
|--/7-------/5--0--|--/4p2p0-----0--4p2-----2~~~-----|
|------6-----------|----------4----------4-----------|
|------------------|---------------------------4~~~--|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--/6\4p2--4p2---------2--------|-------2----------------------------|
|---------------4p2h4-----4~~~--|--2h4-----4p2--4p2------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------4p2p0-----------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------2~~~--0--|


|--------------------------------------------------------|--0--0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--0--0--|
|-------------------2-----2~~----------------------------|--4--4--|
|--------------2h4-----4---------4--2--4~~----2-----2~~--|--2--2--|
|-------0h2h4------------------------------------4-------|--2--2--|
|--0h2---------------------------------------------------|--0--0--|



verse:

A F#m
music always has and always will

F E
be one of the things that life just won't quit

A F#m
here are some of music's pioneers

F E5 Eb5
that time will not allow us to forget

prechorus:

D5 Db5 C5 B5 C5 Db5 D5
there's basie ell and satchmo and the king of all, sir duke

D5 Db5 C5 B5 C5
when the sound like that is ringing out, there's no way

Db5 D5 Eb5 E
the band can lose


chorus: (play 8 times)

A B/D#
you can feel it all over

D Bm E
you can feel it all over people


repeat interlude