Lagu ini diluncurkan melalui albumnya yang berjudul Hotter than July.
Album tersebut berhasil menduduki peringkat ketiga dalam Billboard 200 dan telah mendapat sertifikasi platinum.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Lately" dari Stevie Wonder.
[Verse 1]
C Am7
Lately I have had this strangest feeling,
Dm7 G
With no vivid reasons here to find.
Dm7 Am7 Dm7 G C
Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging, round my mind...
C Am7
Far more frequently you're wearing perfume,
Dm7 G
With you say, "No special place to go"
Dm7 Am7 Dm7
But when I ask will you be coming back soon,
G C C/Bb
You don't know, never know.
[Chorus]
F
Well, I'm a man of many wishes,
Fm
I hope my premonition misses,
Em A7sus A7
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
Dm7 Em7 Fm7 G C
cause they alw-ays start to cry.
Dm7 Em7 Fm7 G C
Cause this time could mean goodbye.
[Verse 2]
C Am7
Lately I've been staring in the mirror,
Dm7 G
very slowly picking me apart.
Dm7 Am7 Dm7 G C
Tryin' to tell myself I have no reason, with your heart.
C Am7
Just the other night while you were sleeping,
Dm7 G
I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name.
Dm7 Am7 Dm7
But when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping,
G C C/Bb
you just say, nothing's changed.
[Chorus]
F
Well, I'm a man of many wishes,
Fm
I hope my premonition misses,
Em A7sus A7
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
Dm7 Em7 Fm7 G C
cause they alw-ays start to cry.
Dm7 Em7 Fm7 Gm7 G#maj7 Bbm7
Cause this time could mean goodbye,
Cm7 F7
goodbye
[Chorus 2]
Bb
Well, I'm a man of many wishes,
Bbm
I hope my premonition misses,
Am7 D2 D
but what I really feel, my eyes won't let me hide,
Gm Am7 Bbm7 C F D2
cause they al-ways start to cry.
Gm Am7 Bbm7 C F
Cause this time could mean goo-oo-oo-oo-oodbye.
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