Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sunshine in Their Eyes - Stevie Wonder

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
Da da da da da Da da da da