"Lovely Day"
                                           (Bill Withers)

Album: Greatest Hits

Transcribed by: me!

Email: Piper707@hotmail.com 



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UPDATE:

Someone wrote in to tell me that the original is in E. 

I tried it, and no doubt, the song sounds better and is easier to play.

To play in the key of E, substitute the old chords as indicated:

  F  -> E
Dm7  -> C#m7
BbM7 -> Amaj7 (x 0 2 1 2 0)
C#   -> C
D#   -> D (D7 sounds good too)
Bbm7 -> Am7
Cm7  -> Bm7
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Chords: E A D G B e
  Dm7 : 0 5 7 5 6 5 
  BbM7: 1 1 3 2 3 1
  Bbm7: 0 1 3 1 2 1
  Cm7 : 0 3 5 3 4 3  


Note: The original bassline is extra-funky. This is quite a pathetic attempt at trying to nail 
it...but works for me!

Not sure what key the original is played in. But this is transcribed in the key of F.

Here's how I play this beauty on an acoustic.

Intro:

---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
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-3-33---3-32-0-00---0-0----------------------| x 2 times
------0-----------0----3-1-11-0-1-11-1-------|
----------------------------------------99-88|
  F          Dm7         BbM7           C# D#                                               

Verse

F                      Dm7         BbM7
When I wake up in the morning love
BbM7                         C#  D#
And the sun it hurts my eyes
F                     Dm7         BbM7
And something without warning love
BbM7                   C#    D#
Weighs heavy on my mind

Bridge:

Bbm7               Cm7
Then I look at you
                    Bbm7           Cm7
And the whole world alright with me
Bbm7                  Cm7
Just one look at you
               Bbm7      Cm7
And I know its gonna be


Chorus:

F  Dm7  BbM7  C#-D# x 4

A lovely day(Lovely day lovely day lovely day a lovely dayx2)

A lovely day(Lovely day lovely day lovely day a lovely dayx2)

Verse 2: (Same chords as before)

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When Someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way

Bridge

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2

Bridge

Chorus..

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