JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Sunshine in Their Eyes" merupakan lagu Stevie Wonder yang diluncurkan pada 1971.
Lagu ini tergabung sebagai bagian dari album Where I'm Coming From yang telah di-remaster pada 2004 oleh Motown Records.
Album tersebut berisi sembilan lagu yang seluruhnya merupakan ciptaan Stevie Wonder sendiri.
Baca juga: Lirik Lagu Finish Line, Kolaborasi Elton John dengan Stevie Wonder
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Sunshine in Their Eyes" dari Stevie Wonder.
[Intro]
D# G Fm A#
Cm A#
[Verse 1]
D# G Fm A#
A lonesome tear, a hungry face
Cm A#
A barren pain, a dream unchased
[Chorus]
C# F# E F#m B C#
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes
[Verse 2]
D# G Fm A#
A prayer is heard By one so small
Cm A#
Let love be in the Hearts of all
[Chorus]
C# F# E F#m B C#
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes
[Bridge]
D#m A# D#m A#
You and I may never see them cry
Dm A Am
Or wonder why the world's so cold
D#m A#m
You feel that they're too young
D#m A#m
To take a look around
Dm Fm G#m F
But in their faces I can see the trouble all around
[Verse 3]
D# G Fm A#
Today we must Turn into lies
Cm A#
The truth already In their minds
[Chorus]
C# F# E F#m B C#
Oh I can't wait until the day there's sunshine in their eyes
[Outro]
C# F# E
Do do do do do do do do
F#m B C#
There's sunshine in their eyes
C# F# E
Hey no no
F#m B C#
Sunshine in their eyes
C# A#m C# G#
Uh uh
PART II
[Verse]
G#
All my mother's worried
D#
'Cause she feels the world is ending
F# F#m
She believes that everything is coming to an end
G#
Papa being real careful
D#
Cause his brother Sam was robbed
F# F#m
trying to buy just a loaf of bread for baby John
[Pre-Chorus]
A#
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
A#
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air
[Chorus]
F A#
Sad is the song rolling along
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
F A#
When is the tune now we are doomed
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
[Verse]
G#
Cost of livin's up
D#
But the pay is low down
F#
Hate to see the baby starve
F#m
'Cause mama can't be found
G#
Sister lives alone
D#
Bolts and chains her door at night
F# F#m
Never ever walks an alley or a shorter way
[Pre-Chorus]
A#
See how the world scared
G# F# F
All the streets turning bad
A#
Most of the news is bad
G# F# F
Crime just breeds in the air
[Chorus]
F A#
Sad is the song rolling along
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
F A#
When is the tune now we are doomed
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
[Verse]
G#
Brother Bill gone fighting
D#
In a place where he is a stranger
F# F#m
But could men die a stranger in every war
G#
We all hide in shame
D#
Boldly pour into another
F# F#m
When the blame we know for sure is right in ourselves In ourselves
[Chorus]
F A#
Sad is the song rolling along
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
F A#
When is the tune now we are doomed
D# G#
Everything is happenin'
[Outro]
G# D# F# F#m
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